Quotes
So they say
"At her graveside, Jinnah, for the first and last time in his life, showed emotion in public, breaking down and crying. When Jinnah left India forever in 1947, he left behind a piece of his heart in a little grave in a cemetery in Bombay."
- Atul Chaturvedi writing about Jinnah at his wife Ruttie's (n‚e Petit) grave, The Indian Express, July 3, 2005
"In New York, an interviewer one day followed him into a shop where he was buying some boots. Jamsetji refused to be interviewed by him. But the next day a New York newspaper gravely announced that "the Pierpont Morgan of the East was trying to acquire a monopoly of the
American boot trade!"
- B. K. Karanjia, citing an episode from Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: A Chronicle of His Life by Frank Harris, in Change, The Godrej house magazine
"Of the recent Russians, the erstwhile Alexander and Maria are students, the others are an editor, a university professor, a lawyer and a professional UN interpreter, which suggests that the usual suspects of conversion - ignorance, force and/or monetary inducements - were not at play."
- Bachi Karkaria, referring to the Zoroastrian converts, The Times of India, July 10, 2005
"We are not in favor of conversion. And just as we in India cannot thrust our opinions on the Western diaspora, they cannot possibly dictate terms to us."
- Minoo Shroff, chairman, BPP, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, July 4, 2005
"The Parsis are not a dying community, they are just falling apart."
- Zarin Amrolia, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, July 4, 2005
"A policeman conjures up the image of a tough, hard-as-nails guy, while we Parsis tend to be gentle and fun loving."
- Cyrus Davierwala, police officer, The Times of India, July 17, 2005
"Worldwide - as in India - family-owned businesses have survived multiple generations, have grown to become multi-billion dollar corporations, and have continued to make significant contributions to the economy."
- Adi Godrej, chairman, The Godrej Group, Business Today, January 16, 2005
"Low rentals will make these corporate campuses a hub for central Bombay which will generate more jobs than have been lost."
- Ness Wadia on the redevelopment of the mill lands, The Economic Times, July 11, 2005
- Atul Chaturvedi writing about Jinnah at his wife Ruttie's (n‚e Petit) grave, The Indian Express, July 3, 2005
"In New York, an interviewer one day followed him into a shop where he was buying some boots. Jamsetji refused to be interviewed by him. But the next day a New York newspaper gravely announced that "the Pierpont Morgan of the East was trying to acquire a monopoly of the
American boot trade!"
- B. K. Karanjia, citing an episode from Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: A Chronicle of His Life by Frank Harris, in Change, The Godrej house magazine
"Of the recent Russians, the erstwhile Alexander and Maria are students, the others are an editor, a university professor, a lawyer and a professional UN interpreter, which suggests that the usual suspects of conversion - ignorance, force and/or monetary inducements - were not at play."
- Bachi Karkaria, referring to the Zoroastrian converts, The Times of India, July 10, 2005
"We are not in favor of conversion. And just as we in India cannot thrust our opinions on the Western diaspora, they cannot possibly dictate terms to us."
- Minoo Shroff, chairman, BPP, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, July 4, 2005
"The Parsis are not a dying community, they are just falling apart."
- Zarin Amrolia, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, July 4, 2005
"A policeman conjures up the image of a tough, hard-as-nails guy, while we Parsis tend to be gentle and fun loving."
- Cyrus Davierwala, police officer, The Times of India, July 17, 2005
"Worldwide - as in India - family-owned businesses have survived multiple generations, have grown to become multi-billion dollar corporations, and have continued to make significant contributions to the economy."
- Adi Godrej, chairman, The Godrej Group, Business Today, January 16, 2005
"Low rentals will make these corporate campuses a hub for central Bombay which will generate more jobs than have been lost."
- Ness Wadia on the redevelopment of the mill lands, The Economic Times, July 11, 2005
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