Quotes
So they say
“I live in England, but I am still a desi at heart. I know the conditions well, the pitches and the grounds here. I know this England team in and out. I could have been of immense help... I would have been delighted to help without expecting a penny. But they did not get back to me.”
-- Farokh Engineer, former India wicketkeeper-batsman, on India’s
search for a cricket coach, Mid Day, June 18, 2007
“This is for the first time that you will see a full Parsi on
screen as a hero. John Abraham, Aftab Shivdasani and Zayed Khan are half Parsis, so this is for the first time that you see a
full Parsi on screen.”
-- Viraf Patel, Grasim Mr India 2005, model, DJ, a sailor with the Merchant Navy,The Asian Age, June 4, 2007
“I’d hate to share a name with someone I despise so it helps that Boman (the actor) and I are actually great friends. But there’s a flipside. When I was marrying Perizaad (Zorabian, the actress) all the newspapers carried a little clarification saying ‘She’s marrying Boman Irani, the builder, not the actor.’”
-- Boman Irani, real estate developer, Hindustan Times, June 3, 2007
“If we hadn’t begun to make the shift from commodity to brand right during 1983-84 with the polypack revolution, we would have got wiped out even as a tea company.”
-- Percy Siganporia, managing director, Tata Tea, Business India, June 3, 2007
“Myth: Firdowsi was a free thinker or a secret Zarthushti.
Fact: This is not true, Firdowsi was a devout Shia Muslim, a follower of Ali, who wrote introductory verses professing
his Shia faith to the Sunni King Mahmud.”
-- Notes by Maneck Bhujwala from by a talk by Dr Mahmoud Omidsalar at the California State University, Fullerton on March 10, 11 and 12, 2007, courtesy Zoroastrian News Agency
“I derive the greatest joy when someone comes to me telling
me how much they enjoyed the birthday cake I made them a decade ago.”
-- Avan Mobedjina, Cordon Bleu chef, Mumbai Mirror, June 4, 2007
“Parsis love to eat pattice. The egg chutney pattice is a little pungent so it goes well in the rains. I learnt it from my mother, who is an excellent cook.”
-- Homai Dubash, Mid Day, June 3, 2007
-- Farokh Engineer, former India wicketkeeper-batsman, on India’s
search for a cricket coach, Mid Day, June 18, 2007
“This is for the first time that you will see a full Parsi on
screen as a hero. John Abraham, Aftab Shivdasani and Zayed Khan are half Parsis, so this is for the first time that you see a
full Parsi on screen.”
-- Viraf Patel, Grasim Mr India 2005, model, DJ, a sailor with the Merchant Navy,The Asian Age, June 4, 2007
“I’d hate to share a name with someone I despise so it helps that Boman (the actor) and I are actually great friends. But there’s a flipside. When I was marrying Perizaad (Zorabian, the actress) all the newspapers carried a little clarification saying ‘She’s marrying Boman Irani, the builder, not the actor.’”
-- Boman Irani, real estate developer, Hindustan Times, June 3, 2007
“If we hadn’t begun to make the shift from commodity to brand right during 1983-84 with the polypack revolution, we would have got wiped out even as a tea company.”
-- Percy Siganporia, managing director, Tata Tea, Business India, June 3, 2007
“Myth: Firdowsi was a free thinker or a secret Zarthushti.
Fact: This is not true, Firdowsi was a devout Shia Muslim, a follower of Ali, who wrote introductory verses professing
his Shia faith to the Sunni King Mahmud.”
-- Notes by Maneck Bhujwala from by a talk by Dr Mahmoud Omidsalar at the California State University, Fullerton on March 10, 11 and 12, 2007, courtesy Zoroastrian News Agency
“I derive the greatest joy when someone comes to me telling
me how much they enjoyed the birthday cake I made them a decade ago.”
-- Avan Mobedjina, Cordon Bleu chef, Mumbai Mirror, June 4, 2007
“Parsis love to eat pattice. The egg chutney pattice is a little pungent so it goes well in the rains. I learnt it from my mother, who is an excellent cook.”
-- Homai Dubash, Mid Day, June 3, 2007
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