Things People Said: National Security, Awards and…Bananas

TRAILBLAZING

1. Ravish Kumar (Journalist, NDTV India) to NDTV after winning the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

(I can never be anti-India, I report for this nation, for its people. My brief is my viewers. I hold their briefs, not the one of the government.)

2. Deepinder Goyal (Founder, Zomato) in response to a customer refusing a delivery by a “non-Hindu” rider

3. Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister, New Zealand) on modern leadership for British Vogue

4. Jenji Kohan (Creator, Orange Is The New Black) to The Hollywood Reporter on the legacy of the Netflix series

REFLECTIONS

1. Hasan Minhaj (Comedian and Anchor) to W Magazine during the Screen Test Interview

2. Christina Thomas Dhanaraj (Co-founder, Dalit History Month Collective) during the ‘Caste Representation in News Media’ session at the 2019 Media Rumble forum

3. Laverne Cox (Actress and LGBTIQA+ Activist) to British Vogue on the realities of being a transperson

4. Sabbah Haji Baji (Director, Haji Public School) on the influx of army troops and communications blackout in Kashmir
5. Wajahat Ali (Journalist) speaks out on the two mass shootings that occurred in the U.S.

 

HIT THE GROUND RUNNING

1. Atishi Marlena (Aam Aadmi Party leader) at a discussion in Delhi

2. Manish Nai (Artist) to The Weather Channel on sustainable art

3. Lil Nas X on “Old Town Road” becoming the longest-running no.1 song of all time (Billboard Hot 100 Chart)

SAY WHAT?

1. Rahul Bose (Actor and Director) expressing incredulity at the taxes being levied by the JW Marriott Hotel, Chandigrah