Quotes

"There are closed groups,
online and offline, where conversations unfold. There are websites that tell you how to cut, where to cut, how to sterilize your blade, what sharp objects to use that won’t leave scars, and exactly which part to cut at.”

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

"It is not the sins I have
committed that I regret, but
those which I have had no
opportunity to commit.”

Mirza Ghalib, poet,
The Economic Times, June 28, 2017

"I was visiting the fire temple
(in Bangalore) with my father, when the head priest physically blocked the entrance. He
wouldn’t allow me in. I asked
my father if the fight was worth
it and he said, ‘Let it go.’ I did.”

Dilshad Master Kumar, relating an incident in Bangalore in 1997, The Indian Express, October 22, 2017

"This man, when he is happy,
he has a gin, and when he is
sad, he prefers rum.”

Feruzan Billimoria, senior bartender,
London Taxi, mid-day, November 12, 2017

"Everything should be about
broadening of mindsets; not
limiting and dividing them.”

Jim Sarbh, actor, referring to censorship, mid-day, July 19, 2017

"When you don’t have hands
for so long and you suddenly
get a new pair of hands, the
weight is too much to bear
at first... But this is the

happiest I have ever been.”

Shreya Siddanagowder, after receiving
new arms from a donor, The Indian
Express, September 29, 2017

"I really think, we (professional women) can have it all
if we can conquer the sense
of guilt for trying to make it.
Adjust it; don’t overdo it.”

Zia Mody, AZB Partners, The
Economic Times, May 1, 2017

"Suburbs don’t have the character of south Bombay. The island city has hills, forts, iconic buildings
and there are different contours. The suburbs are flat.”

Dr Jehangir Sorabjee, general
physician, head of Bombay Hospital’s
medicine department, who will
publish the third edition of a coffee-
table book on Bombay, The Indian
Express, November 6, 2017