Quotes
So they say
“There are no young people in Udvada. Only ancient Parsis who sit in the verandahs and stand by the windows of their whitewashed mansions.”
--Diary, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, March 21, 2006
“The vitality of today was non-existent (in olden days), and the number of shows was less... I used to go personally to language or English newspapers and request them to put in a line that such a show was on in the city. There was nothing else, no TV. But All India Radio helped us a lot. Art was not a field that was taken too seriously. It was like, ‘so he’s a painter.’ It wouldn’t register for it was not like he’s a politician or an engineer. If one said ‘artist,’ they would ask, ‘film artiste’?”
--Jehangir Sabavala, artist, The Week, April 16, 2006
“Inter-disciplinary programs cutting across the sciences and linking arts, commerce, management and media studies can enhance the wider perspective of students. Updating laboratories with newer equipment and computers can give a new perspective to experimental work at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. Industrial tie-ups and projects bring the real world closer to the classroom and the
interaction is beneficial to
both parties.”
--Prof J. B. Mistry, educationist, Nostalgia 2006 publication
“I’m not the lady of the manor type. Since I was a five-year-old,
I used to lisp that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I couldn’t even pronounce the world then. Now I am a full-on murgiwali. Guess what the slogan of the company is. ‘You can always trust a
Zorabian chick.’ Good no? My line. The copywriters were coming up with very boring slogans. This is catchy I think.”
--Perizaad Zorabian, actress, HT Cafe Mumbai, July 29, 2007
“No donation is small. Every rupee counts... For example, there used to be a Parsi lady who was not very well off but was keen to help strays. She used to donate Rs 100 every month. But even
that small sum can help vaccinate four strays against rabies.”
--Abodh Aras, CEO of the NGO -Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD), The Times of India, August 12, 2007
“Non-monumental people thrived in non-monumental architecture. They had the breadth and depth to transform society.”
--Kaiwan Mehta, urban historian, Mumbai Mirror, July 8, 2007
--Diary, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, March 21, 2006
“The vitality of today was non-existent (in olden days), and the number of shows was less... I used to go personally to language or English newspapers and request them to put in a line that such a show was on in the city. There was nothing else, no TV. But All India Radio helped us a lot. Art was not a field that was taken too seriously. It was like, ‘so he’s a painter.’ It wouldn’t register for it was not like he’s a politician or an engineer. If one said ‘artist,’ they would ask, ‘film artiste’?”
--Jehangir Sabavala, artist, The Week, April 16, 2006
“Inter-disciplinary programs cutting across the sciences and linking arts, commerce, management and media studies can enhance the wider perspective of students. Updating laboratories with newer equipment and computers can give a new perspective to experimental work at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. Industrial tie-ups and projects bring the real world closer to the classroom and the
interaction is beneficial to
both parties.”
--Prof J. B. Mistry, educationist, Nostalgia 2006 publication
“I’m not the lady of the manor type. Since I was a five-year-old,
I used to lisp that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I couldn’t even pronounce the world then. Now I am a full-on murgiwali. Guess what the slogan of the company is. ‘You can always trust a
Zorabian chick.’ Good no? My line. The copywriters were coming up with very boring slogans. This is catchy I think.”
--Perizaad Zorabian, actress, HT Cafe Mumbai, July 29, 2007
“No donation is small. Every rupee counts... For example, there used to be a Parsi lady who was not very well off but was keen to help strays. She used to donate Rs 100 every month. But even
that small sum can help vaccinate four strays against rabies.”
--Abodh Aras, CEO of the NGO -Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD), The Times of India, August 12, 2007
“Non-monumental people thrived in non-monumental architecture. They had the breadth and depth to transform society.”
--Kaiwan Mehta, urban historian, Mumbai Mirror, July 8, 2007
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