So they say

"In our ecclesiastical religion, there are priests

who don’t baptise the children of single mothers

because they weren’t conceived in the sanctity of marriage.

These are today’s hypocrites. And this poor girl who,

rather than returning the child to sender,

had the courage
to carry it into the world, must
wander so that it’s baptised!”

"There is no law in India which
ordains that a woman must
adopt her husband’s name or
religion upon marriage.”

"First of all, the fact that justice
is delayed is not a good thing for our system.

The fact that investment flows to countries which
have access to a prompt judicial system is well known.”

"The biggest reason for the
failure of family businesses
was that they weren’t able to
manage the transition between

generations smoothly. Over time,

one learns how companies have

managed transitions and
can work through these.”

"The far suburbs, for instance,
are a lost opportunity in terms
of having no real master plan,
vision or infrastructure geared up for the region.

It was a really
good prospect to start from
scratch, but it’s planned
like a gated-colony.”

"The city needs many stories
working at various levels, to capture its

polyphony of class and cultures.

A dhobi threatened with displacement,

a homesick maalishwalla yearning for his roots,

a public sector employee faced with a moral dilemma,

each of these are recognizable people, separate,

but together making
up the identity of this city.”

"We did not even have a
television. So, we would go to
our neighbor’s to see the Sunday

movie and Chaayageet. We
would go out to a Public Call
Outlet (PCO) to make phone
calls. It was embarrassing to
give out contact numbers to
someone. We would have to
give our neighbor’s number.”

"I have principles! And if you don’t like them,

I have others...”