Quotes

"Look at my community. We
arrived here more than a
1,000 years ago and flourished
in this country because we
were encouraged and not
discriminated against.”

Anu Aga, parliamentarian,
The Economic Times, April 4, 2016

"Minorities in society do not
(because they cannot) find adequate protection in the normal political processes; they need
the protection of courts.”

Fali S. Nariman, jurist, Supreme Court,
The Indian Express, April 5, 2015

"Courts are guardians of
our inalienable fundamental
rights and the only bulwark
against the oppression of
majoritarian rule, and
an overbearing State.”

Navroz H. Seervai, senior counsel,
Bombay High Court, The Times of India, March 27, 2016
"There are genuinely a lot of well-meaning people who work there [King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM)] and they are the real do-gooders. The hospital is always teeming with patients and their families, but the staff and doctors’ zeal to never turn anyone away,
is a mark of heroism.”

Gulserene Dastur, documentary maker
of Getting Better, Mid Day, April 3, 2016

"Losing my child was the most painful experience of my life. She died in my arms. She was just three months old. It made me
realize that all other pursuits in politics are meaningless.”

Feroze Varun Gandhi, Member of Parliament, grandson of Indira and Feroze
Gandhi, Mumbai Mirror, March 20, 2016

"My father was a very strict and disciplined artist and I am proud to say that I inherited these qualities from him, which have helped me in my working life. I miss him very much. I miss him being in the audience and criticizing me later.”

Zubin Mehta, maestro, Mid Day,
April 7, 2016

"Very rarely does the CCI (Cricket Club of India) give its grounds for anything other than cricket but we could not say no to a global icon (maestro Zubin Mehta) and the
mix of culture and cricket.”

Kekoo Nicholson, president, Cricket Club
of India (CCI), Mid Day, April 7, 2016

"In my greed for acquisition, I sometimes closed the deal before reading the contract. In that I got hurt. I don’t speak about all builders, but the builder lobby can be very dangerous if you don’t tread carefully. And I have been bitten more than once.”

John Abraham, actor, whose mother
Pheroza is a Parsi, Mint, March 28, 2016