Quotes
So they say
"Khojeste Mistree, Areez Khambatta, Tanaz Parekh, Yezdi Desai and the team are today the worthy successors in active service of those who were the champions of orthodoxy in the past. Such stalwarts are needed in the Community as bulwark against radical reforms."
- Eruch B. Desai, former Chairman of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, The BPP review Summer 2005
"The Parsi high priests feel the need to control everything. They should understand that the community is dwindling because of these rules. What are you supposed to do if you don't find someone within the community, stay single?"
- Dilnaz Boga, The Times of India, July 26, 2005
"The community was worried that the jury system will be scrapped; but we respect the court's order that the jury will henceforth be consulted only in certain cases."
- Dr Viraf Kapadia, who has been serving as a delegate for the last 15 years on the Parsi Matrimonial court, Mumbai Mirror, July 26, 2005
"Our community is small and we do not want to encourage divorce. There have been contested cases where the jury had sat down with the parties and convinced them not to separate."
- Sanobar Nanavati, lawyer, Mumbai Mirror, July 26, 2005
"He (Alpaiwala) bought things indiscriminately and although he was broke by the 1930s, he still invited people to his house, which he had quite literally turned into a museum; overrun by his collection, he slept in the kitchen."
- Nivedita Mehta, curator, the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwala Museum, Bombay, The Indian Express, August 1, 2005
"They wanted to be involved in all matters regarding the community; the jury was one way of having a say in divorce matters in their community."
- Jurist Rafiq Dada, Mumbai Mirror, July 26, 2005
"We are the ones who face problems when it comes to developing the city and nobody knows better than us what problems are there at ground level and what their solutions are."
- Boman R. Irani, chairman and managing director of the Keystone Group
Hindustan Times, July 30, 2005
- Eruch B. Desai, former Chairman of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, The BPP review Summer 2005
"The Parsi high priests feel the need to control everything. They should understand that the community is dwindling because of these rules. What are you supposed to do if you don't find someone within the community, stay single?"
- Dilnaz Boga, The Times of India, July 26, 2005
"The community was worried that the jury system will be scrapped; but we respect the court's order that the jury will henceforth be consulted only in certain cases."
- Dr Viraf Kapadia, who has been serving as a delegate for the last 15 years on the Parsi Matrimonial court, Mumbai Mirror, July 26, 2005
"Our community is small and we do not want to encourage divorce. There have been contested cases where the jury had sat down with the parties and convinced them not to separate."
- Sanobar Nanavati, lawyer, Mumbai Mirror, July 26, 2005
"He (Alpaiwala) bought things indiscriminately and although he was broke by the 1930s, he still invited people to his house, which he had quite literally turned into a museum; overrun by his collection, he slept in the kitchen."
- Nivedita Mehta, curator, the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwala Museum, Bombay, The Indian Express, August 1, 2005
"They wanted to be involved in all matters regarding the community; the jury was one way of having a say in divorce matters in their community."
- Jurist Rafiq Dada, Mumbai Mirror, July 26, 2005
"We are the ones who face problems when it comes to developing the city and nobody knows better than us what problems are there at ground level and what their solutions are."
- Boman R. Irani, chairman and managing director of the Keystone Group
Hindustan Times, July 30, 2005
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