Quotes
"What did he do? Did he merely shout slogans like ‘Pakistan zindabad’? Arresting him for that? I mean that’s deplorable. That is not sedition. Sedition, the Supreme Court has said, are the acts which have a tendency and intention to disturb law and order or incite violence. After all, it is a section which gives you life imprisonment, has very serious consequences.”
Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general of India, on the arrest of a student leader, The Indian Express, February 16, 2016
"There is a story, possibly
apocryphal, of a woman who called out to Adlai Stevenson during an election campaign. ‘Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person in America!’ she hollered. Stevenson’s elegant and understated riposte: ‘That’s not enough, madam; we need a majority!’”
The Times of India, February 25, 2016
"A word association poll found the words most associated with Donald Trump are idiot, jerk, stupid and dumb. In other words, he really could be our next president. He’s got everything it takes.”
Conan O’Brien, comedian, quoted by
Chidanand Rajghatta, The Times
of India, February 25, 2016
"To tax cigarettes heavily and beedis lightly implies that the government wishes to save richer folk (who buy cigarettes) from cancer while letting poorer beedi smokers get the disease. Rational beedi taxes can raise enormous revenues even while saving lives.”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar,
husband of the late Shahnaz, The
Times of India, February 21, 2016
"In reality, people buy only
when the building is ready, which is very different from what it used to be in 2006-07. One should look at completed projects. These
inventory numbers are exaggerated. There are some pockets of unsold projects but the number would not be higher than what it was three years ago.”
Keki Mistry, vice chairman, HDFC, The Economic Times, February 25, 2016
"I am a big fan of her stories.
They are so simple. What I
learnt today is that you don’t
need to know very fancy English
to be successful in life.”
Shanaya Contractor, student, commenting on author Sudha Murthy’s session for children at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Hindustan Times, February 12, 2016
"We have passed a resolution that if anyone wants to be cremated, the prayers can still be held at our agiary. We also believe that if there’s a Parsi woman who has married outside the community but if she is a practising Zoroastrian, then her children should be allowed to convert and we’ll
allow that in our agiary.”
Byram Avari, chairman, Avari Hotels,
G2, April-May 2015, submitted by
reader Rashid Khosravi