Quotes

"I would argue that if you don’t focus on the environmental quality you will not be able to fix the
economic side. The purpose of government is to help people live longer, happier lives. Yes, you need jobs, you need a lot of things but to say that you need those before you need your health — I would say if you are denying, you might look back and say that wasn’t a good decision.”

Michael Bloomberg, billionaire-
politician-activist, The Times of India,
February 18, 2015

"We may never know what Prime Minister Narendra Modi felt when he gave away that suit. Perhaps he didn’t care, but perhaps there was a slight pang for all the times he may have hoped to wear it in all its personalized, pin-striped glory.”

Vikram Doctor, food critic,The Economic Times, February 21, 2015

"Racing is a high-octane game where a match is won or lost based on a series of consecutive split-second decisions. There are so many factors that impact the outcome. The only thing you have control over is your horse. There are interferences — some you have prepared for, and some totally unexpected. All these make each race distinctly different from the other and each win as sweet.”

Pesi Shroff, jockey turned trainer,
Mid-Day, March 1, 2015

"The ’90s was a lucky time for
music channels. We were a
generation obsessed with new
music and they were our window
to the world beyond. Now it’s
really tough. There is mad
competition and it’s not just
about the music anymore.”

Cyrus Sahukar, video jockey/actor, Brunch, Hindustan Times, February 22, 2015

"Initially, they (women attending the performance in Hindi of The Vagina Monologues) were hesitant about sharing such personal stories —
of doctors molesting them on the pretext of doing a check-up,
wife beating, husbands having multiple partners, etc — but it
was amazing to see them having
this dialogue so openly.”

Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal, actress,
Mid-Day, February 22, 2015

"After the biggest movie of
my career, I went to the
market to buy fish!!!”

Farah Khan, choreographer turned
film director, whose mother is a Parsi,
Free Press Journal, January 19, 2015

"No, work doesn’t stress me out. Misunderstandings do.”

Hafeez Contractor, architect, Verve
Second Quarter 2000, clipping submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

Frederick Douglass, Afro-American social reformer, orator and writer, Reader’s
Digest, January 2015