Quotes
So they say
“We are still fascinated by In-Vitro-Fertilization and surrogacy; and there is much secrecy around it. But soon it will cease to make news. It will be as common as tweezing your eyebrows; just another way of life.”
Dr Firuza Parikh, director of the Department of Assisted Reproduction at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai Mirror, March 21, 2010
“My doctor said that I will always be a sick man if I feel sick, and unless I worked hard on my fitness, I would never be normal... He
said that he has put a plate on the right side of my skull, so even
if a ball hits me there, nothing would happen to me.”
Nari Contractor, former captain of the Indian Test Cricket team, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, March 20, 2010
“Kids easily identify with a brand that partners with their vision to explore, discover and promises a break from the mundane and regular. The cute child image of Rasna during the 80s will not work in this changed scenario.”
Piruz Khambatta, chairman and managing director, Rasna,
Hindustan Times, March 18, 2010
“I was 18, playing the violin and into classical music when I went
to Rhythm House, the music shop in Bombay, and picked up a record of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance. I came home and played it. It sounded funny... It wasn’t Brahms. My mother complained about how incompetent the salesman was. But after a few listens I liked what I heard. It was Benny Goodman playing Tiger Rag. I was bitten by the bug.”
Soli Sorabjee, jazz enthusiast and former attorney general of India,
Hindustan Times, March 14, 2010
“When I make inquiries about the background and meaning of all the ritualistic activities, I usually get as many answers as the number of Parsis I consult, since their origin and significance have been almost wholly obscured by the passage of time.”
Emily Hahn, The New Yorker, October 18, 1958,
contributed by Dinyar Patel
“Parsis are becoming less preeminent in racing today. Earlier, on the RWITC (Royal Western India Turf Club) managing committee, majority members were Parsis. But when I was chairman of the RWITC, I was the only Parsi. Even so, until now, various chairmen of the RWITC have been Parsis
— C. N. Wadia was the first, then there was A. C. Ardeshir, Rustomji Colah and others. In fact, it would not be incorrect to say that Parsis used to run the Bombay Race Course.”
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, former chairman, Royal Western India Turf Club,
The BPP Review, March 2010
Dr Firuza Parikh, director of the Department of Assisted Reproduction at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai Mirror, March 21, 2010
“My doctor said that I will always be a sick man if I feel sick, and unless I worked hard on my fitness, I would never be normal... He
said that he has put a plate on the right side of my skull, so even
if a ball hits me there, nothing would happen to me.”
Nari Contractor, former captain of the Indian Test Cricket team, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, March 20, 2010
“Kids easily identify with a brand that partners with their vision to explore, discover and promises a break from the mundane and regular. The cute child image of Rasna during the 80s will not work in this changed scenario.”
Piruz Khambatta, chairman and managing director, Rasna,
Hindustan Times, March 18, 2010
“I was 18, playing the violin and into classical music when I went
to Rhythm House, the music shop in Bombay, and picked up a record of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance. I came home and played it. It sounded funny... It wasn’t Brahms. My mother complained about how incompetent the salesman was. But after a few listens I liked what I heard. It was Benny Goodman playing Tiger Rag. I was bitten by the bug.”
Soli Sorabjee, jazz enthusiast and former attorney general of India,
Hindustan Times, March 14, 2010
“When I make inquiries about the background and meaning of all the ritualistic activities, I usually get as many answers as the number of Parsis I consult, since their origin and significance have been almost wholly obscured by the passage of time.”
Emily Hahn, The New Yorker, October 18, 1958,
contributed by Dinyar Patel
“Parsis are becoming less preeminent in racing today. Earlier, on the RWITC (Royal Western India Turf Club) managing committee, majority members were Parsis. But when I was chairman of the RWITC, I was the only Parsi. Even so, until now, various chairmen of the RWITC have been Parsis
— C. N. Wadia was the first, then there was A. C. Ardeshir, Rustomji Colah and others. In fact, it would not be incorrect to say that Parsis used to run the Bombay Race Course.”
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, former chairman, Royal Western India Turf Club,
The BPP Review, March 2010
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