Quotes
So they say
“I have always believed that any transaction should have equity. I have been telling that to my son Adar also that if you are able to be tough and drive a hard bargain and the deal is in your favor, it will not last. I can’t drive a tough bargain. Though I can be firm in my views, I am soft on negotiation. I feel that has brought me a lot of goodwill and in the long run I have not lost out financially also.”
--Padma Shri Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of the Poonawalla Group of Companies and of the Royal Western India Turf Club SynergyZ, Vol 5, June 2007
“In fact, it is the Parsis who can be credited with popularizing the piano. The piano was an integral part of their homes. They not only gave the city its best pianists but they also made up over 98 percent of the audience at concerts. But now other communities have awakened to its richness. A very small percentage of my students are Parsis.”
--Cyrus Panthaky, a Fellow of the Trinity College of London, teacher, Sunday Hindustan Times, July 29, 2007
“I am not giving a justification for the delay in the publication of this Parsi Pukar. We are living (and dying) within the Vedantic illusions of space-time and therefore the delay cannot be forgiven... I am overwhelmed by the fact that not a single reader has complained about it. You all know that the editorial side of Parsi Pukar is a one man’s show, and I am an old lawyer...”
--K. N. Dastoor, editor, Parsi Pukar, July-August-September 2006
(published in July 2007)
“This is really bizarre. If the hoarding has to accommodate both the English and Marathi fonts, then its size will only get bigger. Instead of the civic body and political parties coming together to stop defacement, they now have new ideas to make the hoardings
more monstrous.”
--Dr Anahita Pandole, gynecologist and social activist, commenting
on proposed legislation to make hoardings multilingual, The Times of India, August 10, 2007
“One’s sexuality is too personal to be talked about. And the way it is talked about here is disgusting. It used to bug me earlier... but over the years, I’ve realized there’s little that can be done about this. One has to learn to live with these allegations. I know I’m not gay...so whoever says otherwise can well take a walk.”
--Shiamak Davar, dancer-choreographer, HT Cafe Mumbai, May 30, 2007
--Padma Shri Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of the Poonawalla Group of Companies and of the Royal Western India Turf Club SynergyZ, Vol 5, June 2007
“In fact, it is the Parsis who can be credited with popularizing the piano. The piano was an integral part of their homes. They not only gave the city its best pianists but they also made up over 98 percent of the audience at concerts. But now other communities have awakened to its richness. A very small percentage of my students are Parsis.”
--Cyrus Panthaky, a Fellow of the Trinity College of London, teacher, Sunday Hindustan Times, July 29, 2007
“I am not giving a justification for the delay in the publication of this Parsi Pukar. We are living (and dying) within the Vedantic illusions of space-time and therefore the delay cannot be forgiven... I am overwhelmed by the fact that not a single reader has complained about it. You all know that the editorial side of Parsi Pukar is a one man’s show, and I am an old lawyer...”
--K. N. Dastoor, editor, Parsi Pukar, July-August-September 2006
(published in July 2007)
“This is really bizarre. If the hoarding has to accommodate both the English and Marathi fonts, then its size will only get bigger. Instead of the civic body and political parties coming together to stop defacement, they now have new ideas to make the hoardings
more monstrous.”
--Dr Anahita Pandole, gynecologist and social activist, commenting
on proposed legislation to make hoardings multilingual, The Times of India, August 10, 2007
“One’s sexuality is too personal to be talked about. And the way it is talked about here is disgusting. It used to bug me earlier... but over the years, I’ve realized there’s little that can be done about this. One has to learn to live with these allegations. I know I’m not gay...so whoever says otherwise can well take a walk.”
--Shiamak Davar, dancer-choreographer, HT Cafe Mumbai, May 30, 2007
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