Quotes
So they say
“I see so many people in the entertainment industry who are
gay, but secretive. Though now, things are changing. This gives Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin so much dignity and self-respect, I am sure he would be more at peace now.”
Cherag Bambboat, make-up artiste and gay rights activist,
Mid-Day, March 31, 2010
“UNESCO had composed a graded list of the ‘happiest’ countries in the world. Which country came second on the list? The guesses ranged from Sweden and the USA to Papua New Guinea. The real answer, as revealed to the mistaken and subsequently incredulous, was ‘Bangladesh!’”
Farrukh Dhondy, London-based scriptwriter, DNA, April 2, 2010
“We Parsis have a wicked sense of humor. A few days ago I was thinking, ‘I’m 80, I’m old, my friends are dying one by one,’ these Parsi friends of mine tell me, ‘Soli, we’re sitting in the departure lounge waiting for our plane.’”
Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general of India,
Hindustan Times, March 14, 2010
“Secularism is the only potent weapon available to the democratic body politic to keep religion in its proper place. It respects the liberty of man as an individual in society and gives him an opportunity to choose religion for himself as an individual or discard it as a staff he no longer needs to walk erect in the sun.”
Late J. B. H. Wadia, film producer, Freedom First,
March 1953, reprinted in FF, March 2010
“In earlier days, we used to practise for 10 years in district courts and another 10 years in high courts before coming to the Supreme Court. But these days, law graduates directly come to the Supreme Court and want to become Nani Palkhivalas!”
Markandey Katju and A. K. Patnaik, Supreme
Court judges, DNA, March 31, 2010
“I was nervous. (Sunil) Dutt saab said even he was nervous facing the camera after 15 years. I told him that the director was also nervous. He said, ‘Tab to picture flop hai (The film is a flop then).’”
Boman Irani, actor on his hit film Munnabhai MBBS,
Hindustan Times, April 5, 2010
“When a language dies, we lose a part of our invaluable collective heritage. When Boa Sr, 85, the last speaker of the ancient
Bo language of the Andamans, died in January, Bo — the language that embodied cultural and knowledge traditions of 65,000 years — died with her.”
Antara Dev Sen, editor, The Little Magazine, DNA, March 11, 2010
gay, but secretive. Though now, things are changing. This gives Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin so much dignity and self-respect, I am sure he would be more at peace now.”
Cherag Bambboat, make-up artiste and gay rights activist,
Mid-Day, March 31, 2010
“UNESCO had composed a graded list of the ‘happiest’ countries in the world. Which country came second on the list? The guesses ranged from Sweden and the USA to Papua New Guinea. The real answer, as revealed to the mistaken and subsequently incredulous, was ‘Bangladesh!’”
Farrukh Dhondy, London-based scriptwriter, DNA, April 2, 2010
“We Parsis have a wicked sense of humor. A few days ago I was thinking, ‘I’m 80, I’m old, my friends are dying one by one,’ these Parsi friends of mine tell me, ‘Soli, we’re sitting in the departure lounge waiting for our plane.’”
Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general of India,
Hindustan Times, March 14, 2010
“Secularism is the only potent weapon available to the democratic body politic to keep religion in its proper place. It respects the liberty of man as an individual in society and gives him an opportunity to choose religion for himself as an individual or discard it as a staff he no longer needs to walk erect in the sun.”
Late J. B. H. Wadia, film producer, Freedom First,
March 1953, reprinted in FF, March 2010
“In earlier days, we used to practise for 10 years in district courts and another 10 years in high courts before coming to the Supreme Court. But these days, law graduates directly come to the Supreme Court and want to become Nani Palkhivalas!”
Markandey Katju and A. K. Patnaik, Supreme
Court judges, DNA, March 31, 2010
“I was nervous. (Sunil) Dutt saab said even he was nervous facing the camera after 15 years. I told him that the director was also nervous. He said, ‘Tab to picture flop hai (The film is a flop then).’”
Boman Irani, actor on his hit film Munnabhai MBBS,
Hindustan Times, April 5, 2010
“When a language dies, we lose a part of our invaluable collective heritage. When Boa Sr, 85, the last speaker of the ancient
Bo language of the Andamans, died in January, Bo — the language that embodied cultural and knowledge traditions of 65,000 years — died with her.”
Antara Dev Sen, editor, The Little Magazine, DNA, March 11, 2010
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