"Lenin rightly said ‘Prison is the world’s biggest university.’ He (writer Manoranjan Byapari) slyly added, ‘More people should take advantage. It provides food,
shelter, even safety from being
run over by Salman Khan.’”
Bachi Karkaria, columnist, The Times
of India, December 20, 2018
"You don’t need to take any daily vitamins. Americans have the most expensive urine in the world.”
Dr Rasi Wickramsinghe, cardiologist,
Hamazor, Issue 4, 2018
"My doctors informed me at the time that if I didn’t do something about it (my weight), I would need knee replacement surgery in six months. I was scared of the surgery. So, I went into an elaborate process of losing weight.”
Keki Mistry, CEO, HDFC Ltd, The
Economic Times, December 18, 2018
"My fellow actors, friends have
had accounts (on digital media) for years. When I started off, one of the main reasons was that whenever I worked in any show, people would ask me to post it online and I wouldn’t have any account to post it on. I soon realized that I can’t go against the flow. I then understood that posting stuff online helps.”
Sanaya Irani, actor, Hindustan Times, October 4, 2018
"‘A strange relationship binds
me to the Parsis,’ (Mahatma) Gandhi told a crowd in Colombo in November 1927. ‘The affection they have showered on me, a Hindu, wherever I have come in contact with them is something
inexplicable and impregnable.’”
Mahatma Gandhi quoted in "Beyond
Hindu-Muslim unity: Gandhi, the Parsis
and the Prince of Wales Riots of 1921,”
by Dinyar Patel, Department of History,
University of South Carolina
"There are too many farmers who are growing cereals and low-value crops. Horticulture is labor intensive and more suitable for India.”
Nadir Godrej, chairman, Godrej Agrovet, The Free Press Journal, July 18, 2018
"People are interested in history
of food, but no one has determined a structure to work in.”
Dr Kurush Dalal, archaeologist, caterer and faculty member, University of Bombay Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, mid-day, April 26, 2018
"People tend to confuse social and cultural practices with religious prescription. Many practices have changed over the years. Earlier, menstruating women were not allowed to enter the kitchen or a sacred place. But times have changed, and no one follows these rules anymore. It should be the same for the interfaith marriages.”
Ismet Khambatta, architect and director, TDW, a furniture store, Ahmedabad, The Indian Express, October 22, 2017