Quotes
So they say
“At first, I didn’t want to take in any of them. Just because I love animals, it doesn’t mean I wanted eight dogs living with me!”
Daena Mehta animal lover, The Times of India, November 23, 2008
“Shilpa Shetty shouldn’t object
to being called pappadam if she gets 3,70,000 pounds for it. I wouldn’t mind being called pappadam 600 times for that kind of money. I felt sorry for the British girls on Big Brother. They were nobodies while she was a Bollywood actress with all her
in-built glamor and snootiness.
Farrukh Dhondy, author, Mid Day, November 25, 2008
“The viral fever crisis has hit
the RWITC (Royal Western India Turf Club) like a tsunami. Firstly, this epidemic descended upon us suddenly on the last day of the Poona season and the disease spread like wildfire in the stables. This could not have come at a worse time as we have already suffered two accidental fires in quick succession earlier and the restoration of the members’ stand is going to cost nothing less than six to eight crore rupees.”
Cyrus Poonawalla, RWITC president,
Mumbai Mirror, November 24, 2008
“It is not important what the Pandole family has done for squash. In fact, all of us find it important to contribute to the sport. My son and nephew coach youngsters when they have the time, while I try my bit as the secretary of squash at CCI.”
Naval Pandole, secretary of squash, Cricket Club of India, DNA,
November 24, 2008
“Walking up to the Williams in
the pitlane, I realize just how big an F1 (Formula One) car is. Surprisingly, the cockpit isn’t.
You need a certain athletic
ability simply to get in and out.
The way Messrs Hamilton and Massa leap out of their cars
makes it look easier than it is.”
Hormazd Sorabjee, on driving a Williams 1999 Formula One car, reprinted from Autocar India in Hindustan Times, December 3, 2008
“We doubt the competency of a native, however able or educated, to take charge of such an establishment as the Bombay Steam Factory with a body of English workmen to be directed, superintended and controlled by a native.”
Bombay Times circa 1840, cited in “Passages and Perspectives: Travel Writing by Parsis in English” by
Simin Patel
Daena Mehta animal lover, The Times of India, November 23, 2008
“Shilpa Shetty shouldn’t object
to being called pappadam if she gets 3,70,000 pounds for it. I wouldn’t mind being called pappadam 600 times for that kind of money. I felt sorry for the British girls on Big Brother. They were nobodies while she was a Bollywood actress with all her
in-built glamor and snootiness.
Farrukh Dhondy, author, Mid Day, November 25, 2008
“The viral fever crisis has hit
the RWITC (Royal Western India Turf Club) like a tsunami. Firstly, this epidemic descended upon us suddenly on the last day of the Poona season and the disease spread like wildfire in the stables. This could not have come at a worse time as we have already suffered two accidental fires in quick succession earlier and the restoration of the members’ stand is going to cost nothing less than six to eight crore rupees.”
Cyrus Poonawalla, RWITC president,
Mumbai Mirror, November 24, 2008
“It is not important what the Pandole family has done for squash. In fact, all of us find it important to contribute to the sport. My son and nephew coach youngsters when they have the time, while I try my bit as the secretary of squash at CCI.”
Naval Pandole, secretary of squash, Cricket Club of India, DNA,
November 24, 2008
“Walking up to the Williams in
the pitlane, I realize just how big an F1 (Formula One) car is. Surprisingly, the cockpit isn’t.
You need a certain athletic
ability simply to get in and out.
The way Messrs Hamilton and Massa leap out of their cars
makes it look easier than it is.”
Hormazd Sorabjee, on driving a Williams 1999 Formula One car, reprinted from Autocar India in Hindustan Times, December 3, 2008
“We doubt the competency of a native, however able or educated, to take charge of such an establishment as the Bombay Steam Factory with a body of English workmen to be directed, superintended and controlled by a native.”
Bombay Times circa 1840, cited in “Passages and Perspectives: Travel Writing by Parsis in English” by
Simin Patel
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