Rohini Nilekani With the approaching winter the air quality in many Indian cities, especially in Delhi, becomes a public health hazard. Something so fundamental as breathing easy can no longer be taken for granted. It’s a wake-up call worthy of a civic revolution. – Rohini Nilekani Air Quotes Approaching Quotes Breathing Quotes Cities Quotes Civic Quotes Delhi Quotes Easy Quotes Fundamental Quotes Granted Quotes Hazard Quotes Health Quotes Indian Quotes Public Quotes Quality Quotes Revolution Quotes Wakeup Quotes Winter Quotes Worthy Quotes The Indian elite send their children to expensive private schools, bypassing the public school system. They have their own infrastructure for water, with sumps to store it, pumps to lift it, and fancy filters to de-risk from erratic, polluted government water. Most access private healthcare to bridge the health services deficit. Bihar has always drawn me, ever since I was a child, brought up on the stories about my grandfather Babasaheb Soman.
Geraldine Brooks The dirty little secret of foreign correspondents is that 90 per cent of it is showing up. If you can find a way to get there, the story, the reporting, it’s the easiest you’ll ever do. ‘Cause the drama’s everywhere. – Geraldine Brooks
Ruth Westheimer I’m not a type of grandmother sitting in a rocking chair. I’m a lot in the theater. I’m a lot at concerts. I’m a lot at friends.’ I like to go out for dinner. I don’t have to be home one night a week if I don’t want to. – Ruth Westheimer
Russell Crowe People say, ‘Surely there’s the right reasons for going to war?’ And my perspective is, ‘Surely there’s a better way of asking that question?’ – Russell Crowe
E M ForsterGood The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race. – E M Forster
Rutger Hauer Most of the real bad guys in the world are people like you and me; they’re not stupid, and you can’t smell their horns. – Rutger Hauer
Bob Weir We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up. – Bob Weir
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