Quotes

"It is a totally unnecessary to rename the high courts. From their (the government’s) point of view it may be understandable, but I believe it is a very sad day
that Bombay HC (High Court) should lose that special name.”

Iqbal Chagla, senior counsel,
The Times of India, July 6, 2016

"My father’s family is from a place in Baluchistan called Kharan and their family is Nosherwani, the ruling family of the state. The Nosherwanis were a Parsi clan in Iran and were exiled to Pakistan. Those who stayed behind converted to Islam. The rest
travelled on to India.”

Malika Abbas, Karachi based photographer, Mumbai Mirror, July 3, 2016

"I have been seeing a sporadic interest in motherhood from single women over the last 15 years, but it is in the last two years that men are coming forward.”

Dr Firuza Parikh, director, department of
Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai Mirror, July 3, 2016

"You have to remember that Indian roads are not suited for cyclists. Drivers look at cycles as a poor man’s vehicle and something that needs to be pushed off the road. The roads get slippery during the monsoon, but the worst thing is when people talk on the mobile or text while crossing the road. I have fallen thrice because of human traffic and not vehicular traffic.”

Arzan Khambatta, sculptor and architect, Mumbai Mirror, July 10, 2016

"Smriti Irani ended up doing something that any government pulls out all the stops to avoid: become the news and make heroes out of the ‘anti-Establishment.’ For a job that needs a skin that rhinos dream of, Irani was the Nivea model in
the Modi government.”

Indrajit Hazra, columnist,
The Times of India, July 8, 2016

"I think we need stricter laws for animals. There is no other way. We need to have laws in place that could actually control and bring people to book and stop them
from harming any living being.”

John Abraham, actor, whose mother
Pheroza is a Parsi, DNA, July 11, 2016

"Rather than downsize, one
should right-size government.
The United States has 668
employees for every 100,000
citizens, India has just 139 (and only 1.2 judges per 100,000
citizens). The central government has an 18% vacancy.”

Varun Gandhi, Bhartiya Janata Party
Member of Parliament and grandson of Feroze and Indira Gandhi, The
Economic Times, July 15, 2016