Quotes
So they say
“Mr Tata stood by me completely even though many people would have advised the Tatas to distance themselves from me so that the group’s image was not damaged if I went to jail. But not only did Ratan Tata completely identify himself with my defence, he also took the trouble to offer moral support. Many evenings when I would be sitting alone in my office at the Taj wondering if my phones were tapped or whether the Assam police were coming to arrest me, he would drop in and spend time with me.”
-- R. K. Krishna Kumar, director of Tata Sons, on the Assam government’s intention to prosecute Tata Tea and him for alleged support to ULFA terrorists, Hindustan Times, September 11, 2006
“Nowhere in our scriptures does it say that this a private club for 60,000 people. I refuse to believe that my holy prophet was racist. Most caretakers at the temples, who work and live on the premises, are of mixed parentage because pure Parsis don’t want to take up the job. It is hypocritical to allow some half-Parsis to care for a temple but bar others from worshipping in it.”
-- Vispy Wadia, co-founder of the Association for Revival of Zoroastrianism, Hindustan Times, September 3, 2006
“We do think that it is entirely immaterial whether Khojeste Mistree’s mother is cremated or whether his brother is cremated or whether his brother is intermarried. None has the right to doubt his intellectual honesty because of what his blood relatives do.”
-- Berjis Desai, Parsi tari Arsi column, The Bombay Samacha, September 17, 2006
“It is an absolutely absurd situation to push people away when our numbers are already so small. The fundamentalist bandwagon of Parsis have hijacked the religion and believe they are the sole custodians of the Zoroastrian faith.”
-- Sooni Taraporevala, photographer and author of Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India, Hindustan Times, September 3, 2006
“Although Bombay’s suburban rail services and India’s overall rail network do a commendable job transporting millions of people a day, there is albeit a feeling
of depression when one learns that we are already over 40 years behind from the time the first high speed train was introduced in Japan.”
-- Nauzer Bharucha, correspondent, The Times of India, August 11, 2006
“Now when I go to the Bombay Gymkhana to workout, I just get tired looking at the guys playing football. I think I’ll make a good goalie. Wait, I’ll actually make a good referee.”
-- Cyrus Broacha, MTV funnyman, Mid Day, May 14, 2006
-- R. K. Krishna Kumar, director of Tata Sons, on the Assam government’s intention to prosecute Tata Tea and him for alleged support to ULFA terrorists, Hindustan Times, September 11, 2006
“Nowhere in our scriptures does it say that this a private club for 60,000 people. I refuse to believe that my holy prophet was racist. Most caretakers at the temples, who work and live on the premises, are of mixed parentage because pure Parsis don’t want to take up the job. It is hypocritical to allow some half-Parsis to care for a temple but bar others from worshipping in it.”
-- Vispy Wadia, co-founder of the Association for Revival of Zoroastrianism, Hindustan Times, September 3, 2006
“We do think that it is entirely immaterial whether Khojeste Mistree’s mother is cremated or whether his brother is cremated or whether his brother is intermarried. None has the right to doubt his intellectual honesty because of what his blood relatives do.”
-- Berjis Desai, Parsi tari Arsi column, The Bombay Samacha, September 17, 2006
“It is an absolutely absurd situation to push people away when our numbers are already so small. The fundamentalist bandwagon of Parsis have hijacked the religion and believe they are the sole custodians of the Zoroastrian faith.”
-- Sooni Taraporevala, photographer and author of Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India, Hindustan Times, September 3, 2006
“Although Bombay’s suburban rail services and India’s overall rail network do a commendable job transporting millions of people a day, there is albeit a feeling
of depression when one learns that we are already over 40 years behind from the time the first high speed train was introduced in Japan.”
-- Nauzer Bharucha, correspondent, The Times of India, August 11, 2006
“Now when I go to the Bombay Gymkhana to workout, I just get tired looking at the guys playing football. I think I’ll make a good goalie. Wait, I’ll actually make a good referee.”
-- Cyrus Broacha, MTV funnyman, Mid Day, May 14, 2006
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