Quotes
So they say
“I think that (USA) is a wonderful country although I have been suffering from the heat. It is hotter than India. I enjoyed viewing the homes of the wealthy and fashionable class here in New York, but their houses are too closely packed together. In Bombay the homes of the rich are surrounded by gardens. I do not think the women here dress as well as they do in Paris. We visited Paris and London on our way here. The cooking here is quite as good as the French cooking, and it is very much like what we are used to at home. I found the cooking in England very different.”
Ms P. D. Patel, The New York Times,
July 31, 1910, submitted to Parsiana
by Dinyar Patel
“Every country I had ever visited in the area was overwhelmingly Muslim. Yet no one could have helped noticing an undercurrent of something else — hints and indications that behind the sincere dedication to the Qur’an there lay a hidden stratum of belief, something understood but never mentioned — the spirit of Zarathushtra,
still powerful after thirteen
hundred years of Islam.”
Paul Kriwaczek’s In Search of Zarathustra quoted by Eunice de Souza, Pune Mirror, January 21, 2009
“In 1909, a Parsi lady called Hamabai Framji Petit sold all her jewelry for Rs 12 lakh to set up the Bai Avabai Framji Petit Parsi Girls Orphanage/High School.”
Rashna Poncha, history teacher, Sophia Col-
lege, The Times of India, January 19, 2009
“I think when it comes to a
social cause, people don’t
really tighten their purse strings. None of the projects that I am associated with has suffered from a funds crunch due to the
recession. Besides, I bring in my own money too in all the projects that I am associated with.”
Parmeshwar Godrej, director, Godrej Properties, DNA, January 18, 2009
“Several patients who are here
for a week or two come to the parlor or we even provide them with room service. In fact, even
the doctors with such hectic schedules visit us during their breaks for quick treatments such as head massages, pedicures, face massages, etc.”
Yasmin Eranee, who runs a beauty salon at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute and four other parlors, The Times of India,
February 13, 2009
“I have no problem being called a barber. We’re cutting hair, that’s what the profession is about. If you call a barber a hairstylist, you’re just changing the term, not giving him a different profession.”
Dilshad Pastakia, hairstylist, Bombay Times, February 13, 2009
Ms P. D. Patel, The New York Times,
July 31, 1910, submitted to Parsiana
by Dinyar Patel
“Every country I had ever visited in the area was overwhelmingly Muslim. Yet no one could have helped noticing an undercurrent of something else — hints and indications that behind the sincere dedication to the Qur’an there lay a hidden stratum of belief, something understood but never mentioned — the spirit of Zarathushtra,
still powerful after thirteen
hundred years of Islam.”
Paul Kriwaczek’s In Search of Zarathustra quoted by Eunice de Souza, Pune Mirror, January 21, 2009
“In 1909, a Parsi lady called Hamabai Framji Petit sold all her jewelry for Rs 12 lakh to set up the Bai Avabai Framji Petit Parsi Girls Orphanage/High School.”
Rashna Poncha, history teacher, Sophia Col-
lege, The Times of India, January 19, 2009
“I think when it comes to a
social cause, people don’t
really tighten their purse strings. None of the projects that I am associated with has suffered from a funds crunch due to the
recession. Besides, I bring in my own money too in all the projects that I am associated with.”
Parmeshwar Godrej, director, Godrej Properties, DNA, January 18, 2009
“Several patients who are here
for a week or two come to the parlor or we even provide them with room service. In fact, even
the doctors with such hectic schedules visit us during their breaks for quick treatments such as head massages, pedicures, face massages, etc.”
Yasmin Eranee, who runs a beauty salon at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute and four other parlors, The Times of India,
February 13, 2009
“I have no problem being called a barber. We’re cutting hair, that’s what the profession is about. If you call a barber a hairstylist, you’re just changing the term, not giving him a different profession.”
Dilshad Pastakia, hairstylist, Bombay Times, February 13, 2009
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