Quotes

"I grew up in a Bombay where we didn’t know who was Sunni and Shia or anything. In my school, St Mary’s, there were students belonging to seven different religions. We made fun of each other. There was no animosity, no hatred.”

Zubin Mehta, maestro, The Economic Times, November 4, 2015

"Remember what (noted
American photographer) Ansel Adam once said ‘the single most
important component of a camera is the 12 inches behind it.’”

Hoshang S. Billimoria, editor,
Smart Photography, October 2015

"We can do no great things —
only small things with great love.”

Mother Teresa quoted by Shaheen
Mistri, founder of Akanksha,
Philanthropy, July-September 2015

"There are limitations when one lives in an urban area. Often, there is little an individual can do to make up for the lack of open
spaces. But we need to change our lifestyles in a manner that
prevents adverse cardiac events.”

Dr Aashish Contractor, head of the rehabilitation and sports medicine department, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital,
Hindustan Times, September 27, 2015

"It’s rather funny. I don’t fit
into the traditional Indian scene here. And nor do I fit into what
they are seeking from an Indian
actor (in the West). Usually when an international series wants to cast an Indian woman, they’re looking for the dusky kind.”

Shernaz Patel, theater personality
and actor, G2, February-March 2015,
submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi

"There’s nothing instinctive about Western music anymore. It has become this glass perfection, a Swarovski crystal box. All we do is end up polishing it. But an Indian performer, a single voice, can instinctively project music. We can learn a lot about that spirituality that has been lost, but which is still part of Indian music.”

Zane Dalal, associate music director,
Symphony Orchestra of India, The Times
of India, September 7, 2015

"Anything that is popular
abroad, Indians will ape. We
have enough and more varieties
of local produce that is just as
beneficial. Bair (bor) are packed with Omega 3, but who wants to have a berry? We would rather spend thrice the money on chia.”

Kurush Dalal, caterer, commenting on the chia fad, Mid Day, August 2, 2015

"Ratan Tata backs Khan
Academy to make education
free and accessible to all. Hope
the bhakts don’t say it is a ‘Khan-spiracy against Bharat.’”

Jehangir Bisney, social media
activist and chartered accountant