Quotes

"My lifestyle soon caught up with me, and at 45, I developed trouble breathing and was using asthma pumps daily. Climbing a small
flight of stairs felt like a herculean task, and doctors advised me
to overhaul my lifestyle.”

Hoshang Mehta, former chef,
MumbaiMirror, November 16, 2017

"Philanthropy... forces you to think about your death. It pushes you into a second career. You
are competent in your first career and then you start this second career (philanthropy) and it
doesn’t give the same feedback signals of profit and loss.”

Bill Gates, chairman, The Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, The
Economic Times, November 20, 2017

"I did not hang out with anyone, socialize, did not meet anyone,
or talk to people. My character
had to be unforgiving, serious and just really intense. So I thought it was best to not let myself out
of that zone at all.”

Jim Sarbh, actor, on his role as a terrorist
in the movie Neerja, Brunch, Hindustan Times, October 22, 2017

"The market for Indian painters is very much the Indian diaspora. As compared to Western artists, we are still underpriced and the Western audience will take time
to know us and pay prices at
par with the artists there.”

Jehangir Sabavala, late artist, G2,
December-January 2008, submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi

"I don’t think we have as many really disruptive startups in India
as we do overseas.”

Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Trusts,
The Economic Times, October 12, 2017

"The ads are about survival.
If you look at it from the
survivalistic point of view, you will know there is malice to none.”

Homiyar Sachinwalla, on the Jiyo
Parsi advertising campaign,
The Hindu, August 11, 2017

"You grow up and realize that the only people looking at your byline are your parents and that it’s the work that’s most important.”

Annie Griffins, photographer, Better
Photography, December 2017

"It’s a very bad thing when you’re told that you’re adopted. But not half as bad as being told that you’re going to be adopted!”

Sajid Khan, producer, director, actor, whose mother is a Parsi, DNA, June 28, 2017

"India’s healthcare index of
44.8 is the lowest among the sub-continental countries, as
Sri Lanka (72.8), Bangladesh (51.7), Bhutan (52.7), and
Nepal (50.8) all fared better.”

The Hindu, May 20, 2017