Quotes
So they say
"When I studied at Jai Hind College in the '70s, there used to be a 30 percent reservation in the college for Sindhi students. We used to joke that Parsis too needed some kind of reservations. It was not a serious issue. But the community no longer looks at it like a joke."
-- Katy Gandevia, trustee of the Thana Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman and researcher at TISS, Mumbai Mirror, January 24, 2006
"We Parsis are famous for two things, one, for the old furniture and the other, old servants. She is the third generation working with us."
-- Arnavaaz M. Dinshaw, commenting on her domestic employee, Mumbai Mirror, February 1, 2006
"Fabled families were the cornerstone of community contributions to city-building. But few have survived as a physical group, let alone their wealth and influence. The Lalkakas may have lost the latter but they remain among the minuscule band of puffed-chest clans who still reinforce their brand."
-- Bachi Karkaria/TNN, The Times of India, February 2, 2006
"The simple desire to 'Come Together and Work Together' is now mired in mistrust and bruised egos."
-- Roshan Rivetna, Editor-in-Chief, FEZANA Journal, Fall 2005
"God will not seek thy race
Nor will he ask thy birth,
Alone will He demand of thee:
'What hast thou done on earth?'"
-- Anonymous (Submitted by Behram Pastakia), FEZANA Journal, Fall 2005
"For those who believe that their children are unlikely to follow through with being members of the Australian Zoroastrian Association, make the children life members - at least they will receive these spasmodic Manashnis, the for life."
-- Tim Desai, Manashni, the newsletter of the Australian Zoroastrian Association of New South Wales, December 2005
"Whilst studying law I met Behram (Contractor) at the Midday office as we were fans of Busybee and before I knew it, within four months' time of having first met him, I proposed marriage to Behram and he accepted it."
-- Farzana Contractor, CEO, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, interviewed by Opportunities Today, February 2006
"Twenty-seven years after the Iranian revolution the distinctive contribution of Iranian civil society is not how to choose between morality and politics, but how to forge a politics of responsibility. Because in its absence, there would only be untruth."
-- Ramin Jahanbegloo, The Indian Express, February 9, 2006
-- Katy Gandevia, trustee of the Thana Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman and researcher at TISS, Mumbai Mirror, January 24, 2006
"We Parsis are famous for two things, one, for the old furniture and the other, old servants. She is the third generation working with us."
-- Arnavaaz M. Dinshaw, commenting on her domestic employee, Mumbai Mirror, February 1, 2006
"Fabled families were the cornerstone of community contributions to city-building. But few have survived as a physical group, let alone their wealth and influence. The Lalkakas may have lost the latter but they remain among the minuscule band of puffed-chest clans who still reinforce their brand."
-- Bachi Karkaria/TNN, The Times of India, February 2, 2006
"The simple desire to 'Come Together and Work Together' is now mired in mistrust and bruised egos."
-- Roshan Rivetna, Editor-in-Chief, FEZANA Journal, Fall 2005
"God will not seek thy race
Nor will he ask thy birth,
Alone will He demand of thee:
'What hast thou done on earth?'"
-- Anonymous (Submitted by Behram Pastakia), FEZANA Journal, Fall 2005
"For those who believe that their children are unlikely to follow through with being members of the Australian Zoroastrian Association, make the children life members - at least they will receive these spasmodic Manashnis, the for life."
-- Tim Desai, Manashni, the newsletter of the Australian Zoroastrian Association of New South Wales, December 2005
"Whilst studying law I met Behram (Contractor) at the Midday office as we were fans of Busybee and before I knew it, within four months' time of having first met him, I proposed marriage to Behram and he accepted it."
-- Farzana Contractor, CEO, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, interviewed by Opportunities Today, February 2006
"Twenty-seven years after the Iranian revolution the distinctive contribution of Iranian civil society is not how to choose between morality and politics, but how to forge a politics of responsibility. Because in its absence, there would only be untruth."
-- Ramin Jahanbegloo, The Indian Express, February 9, 2006
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