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So they say

"I grew up knowing the names of many localities in Bombay —
Fort, Churchgate, Chowpatty, Dadar, Bandra, etc — but only one street name;
the one I was required to remember as my residential address.
The practices of renaming streets and structures have created
confusion, disinterest and alienation.”
Simin Patel, PhD student, who runs
Bombaywalla.org, platform-mag.com
"Framing laws and getting them perfect should not take up all
our time. Clearly one also needs
to build the political will to implement just laws and this doesn’t
just drop from the sky.”
Jacqueline Bhabha, lecturer of law,
Harvard Law School, The Times of India, February 24, 2013
"I don’t want to work like a demon now. I’m 50, so for the coming years of my life
I want to do something that gives me immense joy.”
Zarina Mehta, former UTV’s chief creative director, now NGO Swades managing trustee,
People, October 5, 2012, clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
"(Boman Irani) wants to get back on stage, where according to him,
‘the focus is entirely on the performance and not on the popcorn.’”
Verve, December 2010, clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
"In terms of make-up, by the ’90s, I had managed to influence
Bollywood a lot. My whole idea was to try and minimize the use of pan stick make-up,
which looked really thick. I wanted the face to look more real, modern, and more today... closer, to
what Hollywood does; because it makes it more believable.”

Mickey Contractor, make-up artist, Verve, January 2011, clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi

"When one person suffers from a delusion it’s called insanity;
when many people suffer from a delusion it’s called religion.”
Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance,
submitted by reader Farrokh Mehta
"E-waste contains five to 10
times more gold than gold ore.”
Down To Earth, March 1-15, 2013
"We set up our own power plants, we set up our own mines,
we set up our own roads, ports, airports. I don’t think there’s
anything left for the government except to interfere.”
Ravi Uppal, chief executive, Jindal Steel and Power Limited,
The Indian Express, February 18, 2013, reprinted in Freedom First, March 2013
"I did not like the sight of my
fridge and my car being taken away. You learn quite a lot of
the law by being oppressed.”

Roxna Swamy, Supreme Court advocate, Mint, February 9, 2013

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