Quotes

"Look at the Italian marines case. We have become (the) laughing
stock of the world. Either you try them and acquit them or try them and convict them. Even on Sri
Lanka, we are not quite sure whether we’ll do this or that.”

Fali Nariman, noted jurist, The Sunday Express, April 6, 2014

"The lesson not to draw is that in spite of the sordid history of corruption all parties share, one leader will solve a systemic problem by the Midas touch of ‘governance.’ The country has many problems, but a personality cult shorn of actual ideas will not solve any of them.”

Maitreesh Ghatak, writer with the
London School of Economics, co-authored with Parikshit Ghosh, Delhi School of
Economics, and Ashok Kotwal, University
of British Columbia, The Economic
Times, April 15, 2014

"I never expected this brilliant husband of mine (Rohinton) would not know ABCD or (be able) to count 1234... At one point he
didn’t recognize me when I took him to England for treatment.”

Anu Aga, Rajya Sabha Member of
Parliament, member of the National
Advisory Council and former chairperson
of Thermax Ltd, Dignity Dialogue,
February 2014, clipping submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi

"There is a rumour going
around that I have found God.
I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical
evidence that they exist.”

Terry Pratchett, novelist (b. 1948),
contributed by Aarmin Banaji

"In India, on average, people spend
three hours a day on a smartphone and an hour-and-a-half on TV.”

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief
operating officer, The Economic
Times, July 3, 2014

"I don’t even believe in organic food. I prefer genetically
modified (GM) stuff on principle... Because GM plants absorb
fewer of the planet’s resources
for their volume of yield and if,
for instance, GM grains grow
twice as fast and are resistant to pests, they’re part of the solution
to planetary hunger.”

Farrukh Dhondy, writer, Hindustan
Times, July 10, 2014

"I can play scrabble in French.”

Nadir Godrej, president, Alliance Francaise de Bombay, Mumbai Mirror, July 13, 2014

"Success for me is not how much money my film makes, but how much fun we had making it.”

Homi Adajania, film director,
Mumbai Mirror, July 9, 2014

"Remember the market, not
vendors, dictates what you will buy; let the customer dictate.”

C. J. Jassawala, executive director,
printing, Thomson Press, Print Vision,
April 2014