Rupa Mehta Quotes

So many people can be physically light and fit but emotionally heavy and weighed down. ~ Rupa Mehta

Thinking of a problem as a situation that is unwelcome or harmful can be limiting and distracting. When we attach ourselves to dissecting and focusing on the negativity of the problem, we take away valuable time and effort from finding the solution. When we allow our problem to emotionally outweigh our search for a solution, we aren't as open to the many possible solutions. In fact, both solutions and problems are just options - except one works and the other doesn't. ~ Rupa Mehta

What makes us feel fat, stuck, and lacking in confidence is not just our bodies; it's the situations and relationships in our lives. It's the weight of the situations and relationships we may not know how to navigate or change. It's easier to choose the quick fixes, like drinking, smoking, emotional eating, or avoidance, to help us manage these situations. Yet these untenable solutions just continue to add more physical and emotional weight. If we could all step on a scale that measures emotional weight, I think many of us would be shocked. We have no idea how much our unaddressed emotions can add to any discouraging heaviness and weight in our lives. ~ Rupa Mehta

The poetry of the new year is problematically punctual. An impeccable guest who arrives on time when you are running frantically behind schedule. Catching you precisely at that awkward stage of housecleaning when the contents of closet and cupboard are strewn across the room and there is no sensible place left to sit down. No, you haven't had a chance to change the guest room towels, your clothes or your habits. It is at this stage that you begin to stammer out apologies and resolutions. The visitor fixes you with a gaze that breaks like dawn over your clutter and chagrin. 'What a beautiful life,' murmurs your guest, pressing an oddly shaped package into your hands. Gladness rises in the heart like a cloud of hummingbirds. Always the same, unpredictable, utterly original gift. You consider the paradox of that as you hold it between your palms. Like freshly kneaded dough: this brand new day. ~ Pavithra K. Mehta

Before you ask other people to respect the borders of the West, ask yourself if the West has ever respected anybody else's border. ~ Suketu Mehta

When a girl falls in love with a man, she automatically falls in love with the city that he lives in. Crowded or polluted. Big or small. ~ Sneha Mehta

All the criminals do their work on the screen, which people can see. Politicians work behind the screen, which the public can't see.1 - Gang leader Chotta Shakeel, in Suketu Mehta, Maximum City ~ Dinesh D'Souza

We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music. ~ Zubin Mehta

When I was exposed to the history and the cultural background of why women whose husbands die, why they have to become ascetic or live a life that is completely deprived of emotional or social or cultural sustenance, I was really shocked. ~ Deepa Mehta

I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank. ~ Zubin Mehta

I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine. ~ Zubin Mehta

My father lived life to the fullest, even though it was cut short at a young age in 1962. He was known for his intelligence, wit, wisdom, a wonderful sense of humour, a great personality, and a genuine goodwill towards all. ~ Ajay Mehta

Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students. ~ Zubin Mehta

Atheists think the devil is just a silly as God is. ~ Hemant Mehta

Before a girl falls in love, the only man who can talk to her about her vital statistics freely, is her Tailor. ~ Sneha Mehta

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras. ~ Zubin Mehta

A city like Bombay, like New York, that is a recent creation on the planet and does not have a substantial indigenous population, is full of restless people. Those who have come here have not been at ease somewhere else. And unlike others who may have been equally uncomfortable wherever they came from, these people got up and moved. As I have discovered, having once moved, it is difficult to stop moving. ~ Suketu Mehta

Be the best at whatever you do, but first make sure that what you are doing is for the best. ~ Shon Mehta

One of my cousins has stopped eating potato – her favorite vegetable. She wants to get married to her boyfriend and she thinks that by "sacrificing" something that she loves the most, the Gods would take notice of her and grant her the wish as a reward. Someone please explain to me the logic behind potatoes and The Right Man. Please?! ~ Sneha Mehta

Power makes people ignore your sins. There is not much difference between acquiring power and achieving sainthood. ~ Shon Mehta

My mother enjoyed acting as well with my father, who used to direct her in plays at his regiment. My sister is an excellent singer. However, it was only me who decided to pursue acting as a career. ~ Ajay Mehta

I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life. ~ Zubin Mehta

I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them. ~ Zubin Mehta

Confronting your enemy in anger feeds your ego, but diminishes your chance of success. ~ Shon Mehta

There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis. ~ Zubin Mehta

I lived my whole life following others' wishes. Let me follow my own wish in my death. ~ Shon Mehta

If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians. ~ Zubin Mehta

Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play of minds. ~ Ved Mehta

I believe in music. ~ Zubin Mehta

Don't confuse actions of a ruler as the nature of his people. ~ Shon Mehta

It was when I realised I had a new nationality: I was in exile. I am an adulterous resident: when I am in one city, I am dreaming of the other. I am an exile; citizen of the country of longing. ~ Suketu Mehta

Besides, I had learnt nothing at all of Indian law. I had not the slightest idea of Hindu and Mahomedan Law. I had not even learnt how to draft a plaint, and felt completely at sea. I had heard of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta as one who roared like a lion in law courts. How, I wondered, could he have learnt the art in England? ~ Mahatma Gandhi

There was a girl named Claire.
For her, life was lonely, it was so unfair.
She longed for happiness, but found it nowhere.
And felt that when she is gone, no one will care.

Then, one day, she decided, and took the dare.

Years gone by, her family still lives their nightmare.
Her mother's eyes, they are never without a tear.
Cause, death without grief is rather rare.
Someone, somewhere will always care ~ Shon Mehta

The church is the only authorized institution for the proclamation of the gospel ~ Stanley Mehta

It is a cherished dream of most Bullet owners to do the classic Manali to Leh ride. A sort of pilgrimage or initiation into the cult that is 'Bulleting'. So there are plenty of Bullets in Manali during these months, some with number plates from as far away as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa and Kerala. The local mechanics are experts in servicing Bullets and preparing them for the arduous road ahead, and I got my bike serviced here. The rear brakes had taken a fair share of wear and tear, and the setting of the clutch had to be readjusted. ~ Rishad Saam Mehta

I've never said, 'I live for art.' ~ Zubin Mehta

We all are wounded, we all are healers. Time changes, role changes. ~ Shon Mehta

Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously. ~ Zubin Mehta

You know a girl has turned into a woman when she concentrates less on grabbing food and more on making "others" eat. ~ Sneha Mehta

A woman's life in the orchestra is not as long as a man's; she is just not as good at 60 as a man is at 60. ~ Zubin Mehta

I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that. ~ Zubin Mehta

Love exposes you, makes you vulnerable and kills the personas you built on top of your true self. ~ Suketu Mehta

The stacks of pav have been sprinkled with chutney -
the top half of the inside of the bun is bathed in green chutney, the bottom with red garlic chutney -
and the assistant reaches out with one hand, in one continuous arc of his arm opening the pav, scooping up two of the vadas, one in each nest of pav, and delivering it to the hungry customer. I walk away from the stall and crush the vada by pressing down on it with the pav; little cracks appear in the crispy surface, and the vada oozes out its potato-and-pea mixture. I eat. The crispy batter, the mouthful of sweet-soft pav tempering the heat of the chutney, the spices of the vada mixture - dark with garam masala and studded with whole cloves of garlic that look like cashews - get masticated into a good mouthful, a good mouth-feel. My stomach is getting filled, and I feel I am eating something nourishing after a long spell of sobbing. Borkar has done his dharma. ~ Suketu Mehta

My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father. ~ Zubin Mehta