Quotes
So they say
“Ample judicial power administered with ample judicial wisdom — that is the need of the hour. Not a curtailment of judicial power, but wisdom in its administration.”
--Fali S. Nariman, leading constitutional expert and a practising lawyer, Hindustan Times, April, 29, 2007
“As a sculptor, I know that visual appeal is the one thing that is extremely significant. That’s why I like my food to look good.
I wouldn’t want to eat something that doesn’t implore my taste buds. But that doesn’t mean that I’m ready to sacrifice on taste.”
--Arzan Khambatta, architect and sculptor, --What’s Hot, May 11, 2007
“Work on Jehangir Shroff’s pet project — a traditional Zarathushti tower of silence (dakhma) and an associated bungli, the first of its kind outside the Indian subcontinent and Iran, is proceeding apace.”
--Manashni, newsletter of the Zoroastrian Association of Houston, May 2007
“Cricket is not the only sphere of life in which the Parsis are no longer prominent. I think the community has lost its initiative.”
--Dicky Rutnagur, London-based cricket writer and broadcaster,
The Times of India, May 23, 2007
“The Parsis brought a unique flavor to maidan cricket with their sense of fun, aggressive cricket, and some truly earthy language as only the Parsis can.”
--Sunil Gavaskar, cricketer, The Times of India, May 23, 2007
“The supply line of Parsi cricket was Bharda New High School. They stopped playing cricket two decades ago. This supply line and the other, the clubs, stopped, and the decline began. Parents later began stressing the importance of studies over cricket and that was that.”
--Nari Contractor, former Indian cricket captain, The Times of India, May 23, 2007
“Great tennis players peak at 15, 16 or 17 years of age and as they are concentrating on the game most of the time they find it difficult to complete their studies and are therefore invariably non-graduates. Nevertheless, I will try hard to complete my graduation.”
--Kyra Firdaus Shroff, tennis champion, The Times of India, May 11, 2007
“What advances a community is not so much to prop up its weakest and most helpless members, but to lift up the best and most gifted, so as to make them of greatest service to the community.”
--The late Jamshedji N. Tata, pioneering industrialist and philanthropist, FEZANA Journal — Spring 2007
“Unlike Indian music, Western music is written yet each conductor interprets the symphony differently and for a collector it is ightful to listen to this difference.”
Neville Sanjana, collector of old memorabilia, Hindustan Times, May 13, 2007
--Fali S. Nariman, leading constitutional expert and a practising lawyer, Hindustan Times, April, 29, 2007
“As a sculptor, I know that visual appeal is the one thing that is extremely significant. That’s why I like my food to look good.
I wouldn’t want to eat something that doesn’t implore my taste buds. But that doesn’t mean that I’m ready to sacrifice on taste.”
--Arzan Khambatta, architect and sculptor, --What’s Hot, May 11, 2007
“Work on Jehangir Shroff’s pet project — a traditional Zarathushti tower of silence (dakhma) and an associated bungli, the first of its kind outside the Indian subcontinent and Iran, is proceeding apace.”
--Manashni, newsletter of the Zoroastrian Association of Houston, May 2007
“Cricket is not the only sphere of life in which the Parsis are no longer prominent. I think the community has lost its initiative.”
--Dicky Rutnagur, London-based cricket writer and broadcaster,
The Times of India, May 23, 2007
“The Parsis brought a unique flavor to maidan cricket with their sense of fun, aggressive cricket, and some truly earthy language as only the Parsis can.”
--Sunil Gavaskar, cricketer, The Times of India, May 23, 2007
“The supply line of Parsi cricket was Bharda New High School. They stopped playing cricket two decades ago. This supply line and the other, the clubs, stopped, and the decline began. Parents later began stressing the importance of studies over cricket and that was that.”
--Nari Contractor, former Indian cricket captain, The Times of India, May 23, 2007
“Great tennis players peak at 15, 16 or 17 years of age and as they are concentrating on the game most of the time they find it difficult to complete their studies and are therefore invariably non-graduates. Nevertheless, I will try hard to complete my graduation.”
--Kyra Firdaus Shroff, tennis champion, The Times of India, May 11, 2007
“What advances a community is not so much to prop up its weakest and most helpless members, but to lift up the best and most gifted, so as to make them of greatest service to the community.”
--The late Jamshedji N. Tata, pioneering industrialist and philanthropist, FEZANA Journal — Spring 2007
“Unlike Indian music, Western music is written yet each conductor interprets the symphony differently and for a collector it is ightful to listen to this difference.”
Neville Sanjana, collector of old memorabilia, Hindustan Times, May 13, 2007
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