Quotes
So they say
“There had never been a talk about Iranian religious minorities having to wear different color patches in order to be distinguished from Moslems.”
-- Parviz Varjavand quoting Iranian MP Kourosh Niknam, Hamazor, Issue 2, 2006
“The Zarathushti cemeteries in Iran are open to the public and during the funeral as well as memorial services, friends and colleagues, regardless of their religion, attend.”
-- Daryoush Jahanian, MD, founder and president of Fravahar Zoroastrian youth organization in Tehran, FEZANA Journal, Winter 2005
“He (Polly Umrigar) was one of the most disciplined cricketers. We were playing against Saurashtra (1961-62) in Jamnagar. It was a mat wicket, and the scores read 100 for 6. It was then that I along with Farokh Engineer stabilized the innings. I got out on the last ball before lunch at 151. I came back expecting a pat on the back from (captain Umrigar). We won the match but he said, ‘You played well but Ajit I wanted you to stay there and score 200.’”
-- Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, Hindustan Times, June 17, 2006
“Chances that Indians say that an inter-caste marriage is unacceptable: 74 in 100. Chances that Indians say that an interreligious marriage should be opposed: 56 in 100.”
-- 14 & 15 HT-CNN-IBN State of the Nation Survey, Business India, July 2, 2006
“I don’t think that Parsis get offended when people refer to them as half mad, but they should be offended because they are more than half mad.”
-- Boman Irani, actor, The Times of India, March 24, 2006
“It should be remembered that even large industries have crashed due to their non-compliance/negligence on the tax compliance front and it was aptly observed in M’culloch v/s Maryland (1890) that ‘the power to tax involves the power to destroy.’”
-- R. Daruwala, Philanthropy, March-April 2006
“The Urban Land Ceiling Act over the years has frozen huge urban areas thereby reducing the supply of land for residential development; created a vast black market in real estate; inflated realty prices and aggravated housing shortages.”
-- Hafeez Contractor, architect, The Indian Express, July 5, 2006
“Did you know that the springless lock patent was granted by King Edward VII to Godrej?”
-- Vrunda Pathare, archivist - Godrej Archives, Change, March-April, 2006
-- Parviz Varjavand quoting Iranian MP Kourosh Niknam, Hamazor, Issue 2, 2006
“The Zarathushti cemeteries in Iran are open to the public and during the funeral as well as memorial services, friends and colleagues, regardless of their religion, attend.”
-- Daryoush Jahanian, MD, founder and president of Fravahar Zoroastrian youth organization in Tehran, FEZANA Journal, Winter 2005
“He (Polly Umrigar) was one of the most disciplined cricketers. We were playing against Saurashtra (1961-62) in Jamnagar. It was a mat wicket, and the scores read 100 for 6. It was then that I along with Farokh Engineer stabilized the innings. I got out on the last ball before lunch at 151. I came back expecting a pat on the back from (captain Umrigar). We won the match but he said, ‘You played well but Ajit I wanted you to stay there and score 200.’”
-- Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, Hindustan Times, June 17, 2006
“Chances that Indians say that an inter-caste marriage is unacceptable: 74 in 100. Chances that Indians say that an interreligious marriage should be opposed: 56 in 100.”
-- 14 & 15 HT-CNN-IBN State of the Nation Survey, Business India, July 2, 2006
“I don’t think that Parsis get offended when people refer to them as half mad, but they should be offended because they are more than half mad.”
-- Boman Irani, actor, The Times of India, March 24, 2006
“It should be remembered that even large industries have crashed due to their non-compliance/negligence on the tax compliance front and it was aptly observed in M’culloch v/s Maryland (1890) that ‘the power to tax involves the power to destroy.’”
-- R. Daruwala, Philanthropy, March-April 2006
“The Urban Land Ceiling Act over the years has frozen huge urban areas thereby reducing the supply of land for residential development; created a vast black market in real estate; inflated realty prices and aggravated housing shortages.”
-- Hafeez Contractor, architect, The Indian Express, July 5, 2006
“Did you know that the springless lock patent was granted by King Edward VII to Godrej?”
-- Vrunda Pathare, archivist - Godrej Archives, Change, March-April, 2006
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