Quotes

"There were no passports then. Jehangir (Clubwala) had to get a special permit to come to Karachi to marry me. We managed to
get married exactly one year later, on August 15, 1948. After that I had to get a special permit to come to India. My uncle had to run
from pillar to post to get it. The government officials kept asking my uncle if he wanted to
really send me to India.”

Mani Clubwala, Madras resident, article submitted by reader Darius Bahadurji,
The Times of India, July 14, 2017

"Some months ago, eight undertrial prisoners, all unarmed, escaping from a Bhopal jail, were gunned down in daylight. Despite the media outcry, the chief minister held a reception for the police team.”

Keki N. Daruwalla, writer and former
member of the Union cabinet secretariat,
The Indian Express, June 20, 2017

"Julius Caesar can be read as a warning parable to those who try to fight for democracy by undemocratic means. To fight the tyrant does not mean imitating him.”

Oskar Eustis, artistic director of The Public Theater, New York Times, reprinted in
The Indian Express, June 14, 2017

"The dish gos no batervo (marinated meat slow-cooked in palm toddy), best cooked on a wood
fire, was invented by one Mr Valsara who had cooked it for Lady Navajbai Tata, wife of Sir Ratan Tata. Even years later, Lady Tata would insist that it was the best dish she had ever sampled.”

Kurush F. Dalal, Katy’s Kitchen, Mint,
June 17, 2017

"As a student, you can afford
to stay in your comfort zone, but
as a teacher you can never
be complacent.”

Zarina Mubaraki, Iyengar yoga teacher, Bangalore, Mint, June 20, 2017
"Women are eight times more
likely to ask Google if their
husband is gay than if he is an
alcoholic and 10 times more likely to ask Google if their husband is gay than if he is depressed.”

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Vox,
Google, June 27, 2017

"The common prompters are
family stress, internal personality conflict, conflicts of identity and underlying depression. It’s
important that this is not understood as attention-seeking
behavior. It is a cry for help.”

Dr Zirak Marker, child psychiatrist and medical director of Mpower, a mental health center for youth, on the "Blue Whale”
phenomenon, mid-day, August 6, 2017

"She suggested an epitaph for herself: ‘Excuse my dust.’”

Eunice de Souza, quoting American
poet Doprothy Parker, MumbaiMirror,
June 22, 2017