Quotes

"While there isn’t a recipe for becoming a super-ager, scientists do know that, in general, eating healthily, staying physically active, getting enough sleep and maintaining social connections are important for healthy brain aging.”

Dana Smith, Times reporter covering personal health, particularly aging and brain health, The New York Times, April 29, 2024

"The turning point for Mehboob Khan (of Mehboob Studios fame) was meeting Ardeshir Irani 
of Imperial Films who was impressed by young Mehboob’s hope and determination. From Imperial to Sagar Movietone 
to National Studios was his 
great learning journey.”

A Khan family member, sunday 
mid-day, May 19, 2024 

My sister Nisa and I work 
together and discuss a lot of things. I have learnt many life lessons, and about leadership from my dad (Adi Godrej, chairman emeritus, Godrej Properties), but not real estate. The real estate business is something I learnt on the job, and from the mistakes 
we have made.”

Pirojsha Godrej, managing director 
and chief executive officer, Godrej 
Properties, Mint, May 15, 2024

"Democracies may often stumble, but the option of voting incompetence out can drive improved performance like nothing else.”

Naushad Forbes, co-chairman, 
Forbes Marshall; past president, 
Confederation of Indian Industry; 
chairman, Centre for Technology 
Innovation and Economic Research 
and Ananta Aspen Centre, Business 
Standard, April 11, 2024

"Some see more similarities between India’s uber rich today and powerful Russian oligarchs than with the fiscally prudent, publicity reticent, philanthropic merchant princes and industrialists who dominated Bombay in an earlier era.”

Coomi Kapoor, contributing editor,  
The Indian Express, March 14, 2024

"The pathetically few women in prison administration (14%) are almost all stuck in the lowest ranks.”

Maja Daruwala, chief editor, India Justice Report and executive director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, The Indian Express, March 8, 2024

"I wrote to them (Austrian-American violinist and composer Fritz Kriesler and American violist Jascha Heifetz) and they 
replied; those were the days 
when world-famous musicians used to respond to letters.”

Dr Cavas Bilimoria, former physician 
to the Symphony Orchestra of India,
sunday mid-day, March 3, 2024