Quotes
So they say
“Compromise and consideration, and certainly not complacency and condescension towards partners, is the name of the game in coalition politics.”
-- Coomi Kapoor, columnist, referring to national political parties, The Indian Express, January 31, 2006
“The modern generation of Parsis, don’t have the time for saying a one-minute grace. Some families don’t even eat dinner together like in the good old Parsi homes which you never visited at 8 p.m. because that was dinner-time and it would be impolite to impose.”
-- Ruby Lilaowala, columnist and writer, Afternoon Despatch & Courier,
August 10, 2006
“Initially when I needed money, nobody gave me a loan.”
-- Behroze Singh, entrepreneur, The Times of India, July 29, 2006
“Advocate Shahrukh Kathawalla has blocked 550 seats at Tejpal Auditorium. But the altruistic lawyer doesn’t intend to join the crowd. He’s already advertised in the Parsi Sunday paper, Jam-e-Jamshed, to distribute the tickets free to the city’s Zoroastrian community. ‘I want everyone to enjoy themselves without worrying about money,’ he says.”
--Sulakshana Gupta, The Indian Express, August 19, 2006
“Winston Churchill once gave sound advice: ‘Never try to climb a wall that is leaning towards you. Never try to kiss a woman who is leaning away from you.
And never-never-write about a topic to a group whose speciality is that topic.’”
-- Fali Nariman, jurist, The Indian Express, August 17, 2006
“I do not support censorship of any sort and I totally support the artist. In such a situation, however, I think it is art that always suffers.”
-- Shireen Gandhy stating her opinion on the police action against an art exhibition in Bombay in August 2006, Hindustan Times, August 8, 2006
“Just as no one is compelling anybody to go to a particular exhibition, so nobody can compel artists to restrict their freedom of expression.”
-- Pheroza Godrej, director, Cymroza Art Gallery, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, August 8, 2006
“There is a difference between freedom of expression and licence and every artist is duty-bound to respect that difference.”
-- Jehangir Sabawala, artist, Afttch & Courier, August 8, 2006
-- Coomi Kapoor, columnist, referring to national political parties, The Indian Express, January 31, 2006
“The modern generation of Parsis, don’t have the time for saying a one-minute grace. Some families don’t even eat dinner together like in the good old Parsi homes which you never visited at 8 p.m. because that was dinner-time and it would be impolite to impose.”
-- Ruby Lilaowala, columnist and writer, Afternoon Despatch & Courier,
August 10, 2006
“Initially when I needed money, nobody gave me a loan.”
-- Behroze Singh, entrepreneur, The Times of India, July 29, 2006
“Advocate Shahrukh Kathawalla has blocked 550 seats at Tejpal Auditorium. But the altruistic lawyer doesn’t intend to join the crowd. He’s already advertised in the Parsi Sunday paper, Jam-e-Jamshed, to distribute the tickets free to the city’s Zoroastrian community. ‘I want everyone to enjoy themselves without worrying about money,’ he says.”
--Sulakshana Gupta, The Indian Express, August 19, 2006
“Winston Churchill once gave sound advice: ‘Never try to climb a wall that is leaning towards you. Never try to kiss a woman who is leaning away from you.
And never-never-write about a topic to a group whose speciality is that topic.’”
-- Fali Nariman, jurist, The Indian Express, August 17, 2006
“I do not support censorship of any sort and I totally support the artist. In such a situation, however, I think it is art that always suffers.”
-- Shireen Gandhy stating her opinion on the police action against an art exhibition in Bombay in August 2006, Hindustan Times, August 8, 2006
“Just as no one is compelling anybody to go to a particular exhibition, so nobody can compel artists to restrict their freedom of expression.”
-- Pheroza Godrej, director, Cymroza Art Gallery, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, August 8, 2006
“There is a difference between freedom of expression and licence and every artist is duty-bound to respect that difference.”
-- Jehangir Sabawala, artist, Afttch & Courier, August 8, 2006
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