Quotes

"Girls don’t seem to mind being trained by both men or women,
but guys seem to want the
figurehead to be a guy.”

Tushna Dallas, ballet teacher,
DNA, May 13, 2018

"The (demonetized) 1,000-rupee
note (in 1978) was sold for less than
its value for some time. Now, that
would go for anywhere between Rs
18,000 to Rs 1,50,000. ‘Apparently,
the signature of the (Reserve Bank
of India) governor on the note determines its value. (H. V. R.) Iyengar is
the most expensive and (N. C.)
Sen Gupta is the cheapest.’”

Malcolm Todywalla, numismatist,
MumbaiMirror, May 20, 2018

"In the choice of Chief Minister, a Governor must endeavor to inform himself of all the ground realities of a given situation. This is particularly important in the context of the present continued and constant influx of unaccounted cash which somehow still keeps floating around in large quantities.”

Fali S. Nariman, eminent jurist,
The Hindu, May 18, 2018

"Traditionally we’ve tried to
play a role of fireman in the
Middle East. Now we’re playing
the role of arsonist.”

Ilan Goldenberg, former State Department and Pentagon official who runs the Mideast program at the Center for a New American Security, DNA, May 16, 2018

"We have approached a few
nongovernmental organizations and individuals to propose
students. We have received a set of applications and are going through the selection process.
If we admit them and they cannot pay the fees, then the School
will cover the expense.”

Dr Cyrus Vakil, Bombay International School principal, on admitting disadvantaged students as mandated by government MumbaiMirror, February 16, 2018

"All traditional puppet theater
earlier was for both adults
and children.”

Dadi Pudumjee, puppeteer, Dignity
Dialogue, February 2018,
submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi

"Pearls don’t lie on the
seashore. If you want one,
you must dive for it.”

Chinese proverb, quoted
in Mouth and Foot Painting Artists
2018 table calendar

"The holiest fire is the one
that does not discriminate. Our
fire does not discriminate. Someone called it a camp fire. But to
us, the fire that does not discriminate between human beings
is the fire that has the
affirmation of the prophet.”

Kerssie Wadia, founder trustee, Association for Revival of Zoroastrianism, on their motives in setting up the open-to-all Asha Vahishta Zoroastrian Centre in
Poona, The Hindu, March 26, 2018