Quotes
So they say
“I don’t feel it’s my place as an Iranian who’s been enjoying the benefits of freedom in the United States to determine what future the Iranian people should have. That decision must be theirs alone. The only ones who have a right to make demands are those who stand and fight on the streets of Iran. Our role in the diaspora is
to support them.”
Dr Niaz Kasravi, independent consultant to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Fezana Journal, Fall 2009
“How has our once powerful community dwindled to the point where it is being considered for cult status? By clinging to the idea that purity is paramount and that self-preservation is best achieved by inbreeding and isolation.”
Lylah M. Alphonse, Boston based journalist, Fezana Journal, Fall 2009
“That the Zoroastrian migrants to Sanjan were basically a
mercantile group is borne out by records as well as by
excavated material. Andre Wink goes further and adds that the migration was not so much due to religious persecution as much as
‘a readjustment of commercial patterns which had arisen long before Islam, and, to an extent at least, a response to new
opportunities in the transit trade between the Islamic
world and al-Hind.’”
Rukshana Nanji and Homi Dhalla in Parsis in India and the diaspora edited by John Hinnells and Alan Williams
“With ancient and medieval coins getting rare with each passing day and being bought at throwaway prices in the international market, the Reserve Bank of India has to make a lot of effort to enrich its museum collection. Being the country’s prime banking institution, the
RBI should have taken these steps much before.”
Farrokh Todywalla and Ramesh Velunde, leading coin collectors,
The Times of India, November 2, 2009
“My sister and I flew to Delhi that night that we learnt of the
assassination. We were there when Sonia brought Rajiv’s coffin. He was a tall man and his coffin was just (small). When they
opened it we did not realize at first that it was only a small packet of fragments in plastic, full of ice. That’s it. Nothing more.”
Ratoo Dastur, niece of the late Feroze Gandhi, People, August 14, 2009
“Anything high on cholesterol suits our system. Anything
that a layman will avoid — bheja, gurda, kaleji (brains, kidney,
liver) — we lap it all up. We even treat fish and eggs as
vegetarian. So when there isn’t any chicken or mutton available,
we top our food with eggs.”
Farrokh Khambata, chef, The Indian Express, August 15, 2009
to support them.”
Dr Niaz Kasravi, independent consultant to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Fezana Journal, Fall 2009
“How has our once powerful community dwindled to the point where it is being considered for cult status? By clinging to the idea that purity is paramount and that self-preservation is best achieved by inbreeding and isolation.”
Lylah M. Alphonse, Boston based journalist, Fezana Journal, Fall 2009
“That the Zoroastrian migrants to Sanjan were basically a
mercantile group is borne out by records as well as by
excavated material. Andre Wink goes further and adds that the migration was not so much due to religious persecution as much as
‘a readjustment of commercial patterns which had arisen long before Islam, and, to an extent at least, a response to new
opportunities in the transit trade between the Islamic
world and al-Hind.’”
Rukshana Nanji and Homi Dhalla in Parsis in India and the diaspora edited by John Hinnells and Alan Williams
“With ancient and medieval coins getting rare with each passing day and being bought at throwaway prices in the international market, the Reserve Bank of India has to make a lot of effort to enrich its museum collection. Being the country’s prime banking institution, the
RBI should have taken these steps much before.”
Farrokh Todywalla and Ramesh Velunde, leading coin collectors,
The Times of India, November 2, 2009
“My sister and I flew to Delhi that night that we learnt of the
assassination. We were there when Sonia brought Rajiv’s coffin. He was a tall man and his coffin was just (small). When they
opened it we did not realize at first that it was only a small packet of fragments in plastic, full of ice. That’s it. Nothing more.”
Ratoo Dastur, niece of the late Feroze Gandhi, People, August 14, 2009
“Anything high on cholesterol suits our system. Anything
that a layman will avoid — bheja, gurda, kaleji (brains, kidney,
liver) — we lap it all up. We even treat fish and eggs as
vegetarian. So when there isn’t any chicken or mutton available,
we top our food with eggs.”
Farrokh Khambata, chef, The Indian Express, August 15, 2009
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