Quotes
So they say
“We hope for a day when we can carry out joint exercises with Pakistan. We want to build bridges of friendship with all countries.”
Fali Homi Major, Air Chief Marshal, The Times of India, November 20, 2007
“Avestha Gen will be amongst the top 10 biotech companies in the world within a decade.”
Villoo Morawalla-Patell, founder, vice-chairperson and managing director, Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt Ltd, The Economic Times, December 1, 2007
“Being born and raised in North America makes one a North American and it is silly for parents to try to push a completely foreign set of cultural ideals on youth claiming that without these foreign traditions the children cannot be good Zarathushtis.”
Anahita Dua, medical student, social activist and recipient of the 2007 FEZANA student award, FEZANA Journal — Fall 2007
“Whether they (the Chinese) built a port or a highway, they did it
big, the kind of scale that caused sceptics to say, ‘My God! this
is over the top.’ But China always grew into it.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Group, Business Today, October 21, 2007
“The Parsis are a small remnant of one of the mightiest nations of the ancient world, who, flying from persecution into India, were for many ages lost in obscurity and poverty, till at length they met a just government under which they speedily rose to be one of the most popular mercantile bodies in Asia.”
James Mackintosh, recorder of Bombay from 1804 to 1811
“(Modern bikes) have no character; only performance. And they definitely don’t last. The oldies with their twin port engines and swept bent pipes look better than the modern scramblers. These hand-built customised machines had flair, a unique temperament and commanded the attention of any bike lover.”
Neville E. Choksi, “born-again biker” and Air-India in-flight services manager, The Indian Express, November 19, 2007
“We were not able to find the wiper anywhere. Finally we found a similar car abandoned in Lonavla. We took a sample of that car’s wiper and then made it at our garage. The whole process took four months.”
Marespand Dadachanjee, vintage car restorer, The Week,
October 21, 2007
Fali Homi Major, Air Chief Marshal, The Times of India, November 20, 2007
“Avestha Gen will be amongst the top 10 biotech companies in the world within a decade.”
Villoo Morawalla-Patell, founder, vice-chairperson and managing director, Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt Ltd, The Economic Times, December 1, 2007
“Being born and raised in North America makes one a North American and it is silly for parents to try to push a completely foreign set of cultural ideals on youth claiming that without these foreign traditions the children cannot be good Zarathushtis.”
Anahita Dua, medical student, social activist and recipient of the 2007 FEZANA student award, FEZANA Journal — Fall 2007
“Whether they (the Chinese) built a port or a highway, they did it
big, the kind of scale that caused sceptics to say, ‘My God! this
is over the top.’ But China always grew into it.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Group, Business Today, October 21, 2007
“The Parsis are a small remnant of one of the mightiest nations of the ancient world, who, flying from persecution into India, were for many ages lost in obscurity and poverty, till at length they met a just government under which they speedily rose to be one of the most popular mercantile bodies in Asia.”
James Mackintosh, recorder of Bombay from 1804 to 1811
“(Modern bikes) have no character; only performance. And they definitely don’t last. The oldies with their twin port engines and swept bent pipes look better than the modern scramblers. These hand-built customised machines had flair, a unique temperament and commanded the attention of any bike lover.”
Neville E. Choksi, “born-again biker” and Air-India in-flight services manager, The Indian Express, November 19, 2007
“We were not able to find the wiper anywhere. Finally we found a similar car abandoned in Lonavla. We took a sample of that car’s wiper and then made it at our garage. The whole process took four months.”
Marespand Dadachanjee, vintage car restorer, The Week,
October 21, 2007
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