Quotes
So they say
“Assuming he is wrong, he has a right to be wrong.”
J. P. Cama, counsel, arguing for author R. V. Bhasin whose book Islam — A Concept of Political World Invasion by Muslims was banned in Maharashtra, The Times of India, January 7, 2010
“Since (Hyderabad) was never ruled directly by the British (there was a Resident stationed there), it owes its plural character not
so much to the British but to the Nizams, who encouraged Parsis, Kayasthas and Maharashtrians to join the civil service.”
Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, author, Outlook, December 28, 2009
“Why did then the mighty edifice (of Sasanian Persia) collapse
so hopelessly... It came down because the moral foundations of the nation were sapped by religious maniacs and it ultimately survived the cataclysm because it had clung to some of the planks of shipwrecked Zoroastrianism.”
Gustaspshah Kaikhusroo Nariman, author of Persia and the Parsis, 1925, quoted by Dinyar Patel, FEZANA Journal — Winter 2009
“Very often Jeh (J. R. D. Tata) would sit on the chairman’s chair at board meetings and after five minutes he would realize it and vacate the seat (for me). Then the musical chairs would go on. For me, there was always a public confusion.”
Ratan Tata, on being appointed chairman of the Tata Group by
J. R. D. Tata, Hindustan Times, December 22, 2009
“For every business, irrespective of the sector it operates in, ‘Cash is King.’ I often tell my colleagues at Godrej, ‘Sales is vanity, profit is sanity, cash is reality.’ This is something every manager in India will do well to remember.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group,
The Economic Times, December 24, 2009
“As a community we have not done enough — we are far from it —
we don’t even have interfaith committees set up within our local associations, and in India there are no interfaith organizations —
we need to work to correct that.”
Rohinton Rivetna, community activist, FEZANA Journal — Winter 2009
“There is an excess of networking sites and the most annoying thing is the numerous e-mail alerts which flood your inbox everyday. Networking has become boring now.”
Parinaz Mehta, student, Afternoon Despatch & Courier,
December 15, 2009
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.”
Third US President Thomas Jefferson quoted by Karan Thapar,
Hindustan Times, September 27, 2009
J. P. Cama, counsel, arguing for author R. V. Bhasin whose book Islam — A Concept of Political World Invasion by Muslims was banned in Maharashtra, The Times of India, January 7, 2010
“Since (Hyderabad) was never ruled directly by the British (there was a Resident stationed there), it owes its plural character not
so much to the British but to the Nizams, who encouraged Parsis, Kayasthas and Maharashtrians to join the civil service.”
Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, author, Outlook, December 28, 2009
“Why did then the mighty edifice (of Sasanian Persia) collapse
so hopelessly... It came down because the moral foundations of the nation were sapped by religious maniacs and it ultimately survived the cataclysm because it had clung to some of the planks of shipwrecked Zoroastrianism.”
Gustaspshah Kaikhusroo Nariman, author of Persia and the Parsis, 1925, quoted by Dinyar Patel, FEZANA Journal — Winter 2009
“Very often Jeh (J. R. D. Tata) would sit on the chairman’s chair at board meetings and after five minutes he would realize it and vacate the seat (for me). Then the musical chairs would go on. For me, there was always a public confusion.”
Ratan Tata, on being appointed chairman of the Tata Group by
J. R. D. Tata, Hindustan Times, December 22, 2009
“For every business, irrespective of the sector it operates in, ‘Cash is King.’ I often tell my colleagues at Godrej, ‘Sales is vanity, profit is sanity, cash is reality.’ This is something every manager in India will do well to remember.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group,
The Economic Times, December 24, 2009
“As a community we have not done enough — we are far from it —
we don’t even have interfaith committees set up within our local associations, and in India there are no interfaith organizations —
we need to work to correct that.”
Rohinton Rivetna, community activist, FEZANA Journal — Winter 2009
“There is an excess of networking sites and the most annoying thing is the numerous e-mail alerts which flood your inbox everyday. Networking has become boring now.”
Parinaz Mehta, student, Afternoon Despatch & Courier,
December 15, 2009
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.”
Third US President Thomas Jefferson quoted by Karan Thapar,
Hindustan Times, September 27, 2009
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