Quotes
So they say
“While 96 percent of the Christian pilgrims (at the St Michael’s Church at Mahim) are Catholics, 80 percent of the non-Christian devotees are Hindus. While the high percentage of Hindus is not surprising considering they form a majority of the city’s population, the fact that 15 percent of the non-Christian devotees were
Parsis surprised the researcher.”
Sister Menona Sudder’s PhD thesis,
Culture as Celebration of an Experience: An anthropological study of the religious practices of Christians in Mumbai,
Mumbai Mirror, May 10, 2010
“This is what the Malimath Committee Report, given to the Government of India three years ago, had said: the object of a criminal proceeding must be to arrive at the truth, and not a spectacle where the superior advocate wins.”
Fali S. Nariman, eminent jurist, Mumbai Mirror, May 3, 2010
“Granted, every religion has a sense of exclusivity as part of
its core identity. Even so, I believe there is genuine potential for mutual understanding. While preserving faith toward one’s own tradition, one can respect, admire and appreciate other traditions.”
The Dalai Lama, The New York Times reprinted in The Indian Express,
May 28, 2010
“It’s not just nostalgia. You can see that the theaters (Bombay’s slowly disappearing single-cinema halls) are living, breathing spaces that actually mean something to those connected to them.”
Zubin Pastakia, photographer and urban ethnographer,
Hindustan Times, July 21, 2009
“My dispensary had a window overlooking a busy street.
Sometimes when I was examining a patient and spotted something rivetting on the street, I’d tell them to hold on, while I would
go and click a picture!”
Gieve Patel, artist, Bombay Times, June 4, 2010
“When Star first came to India, I encouraged Godrej to sponsor ‘The Bold and The Beautiful’ in order to reach the upper crust of Indian society. And I remember a society lady at a cocktail party telling me that the whole of Bombay including some housemaids who didn’t even know English were watching the show!”
Sam Balsara, chairman and managing director,
Madison World, The Economic Times, June 1, 2010
“Good publicity is good. Bad publicity is better. Ugly publicity is the best because it travels the fastest and hits the hardest. The worst of all is no publicity.”
Dale Bhagwagar, Bollywood public relations consultant, Outlook, May 31, 2010 submitted by Rashid Khosravi
Parsis surprised the researcher.”
Sister Menona Sudder’s PhD thesis,
Culture as Celebration of an Experience: An anthropological study of the religious practices of Christians in Mumbai,
Mumbai Mirror, May 10, 2010
“This is what the Malimath Committee Report, given to the Government of India three years ago, had said: the object of a criminal proceeding must be to arrive at the truth, and not a spectacle where the superior advocate wins.”
Fali S. Nariman, eminent jurist, Mumbai Mirror, May 3, 2010
“Granted, every religion has a sense of exclusivity as part of
its core identity. Even so, I believe there is genuine potential for mutual understanding. While preserving faith toward one’s own tradition, one can respect, admire and appreciate other traditions.”
The Dalai Lama, The New York Times reprinted in The Indian Express,
May 28, 2010
“It’s not just nostalgia. You can see that the theaters (Bombay’s slowly disappearing single-cinema halls) are living, breathing spaces that actually mean something to those connected to them.”
Zubin Pastakia, photographer and urban ethnographer,
Hindustan Times, July 21, 2009
“My dispensary had a window overlooking a busy street.
Sometimes when I was examining a patient and spotted something rivetting on the street, I’d tell them to hold on, while I would
go and click a picture!”
Gieve Patel, artist, Bombay Times, June 4, 2010
“When Star first came to India, I encouraged Godrej to sponsor ‘The Bold and The Beautiful’ in order to reach the upper crust of Indian society. And I remember a society lady at a cocktail party telling me that the whole of Bombay including some housemaids who didn’t even know English were watching the show!”
Sam Balsara, chairman and managing director,
Madison World, The Economic Times, June 1, 2010
“Good publicity is good. Bad publicity is better. Ugly publicity is the best because it travels the fastest and hits the hardest. The worst of all is no publicity.”
Dale Bhagwagar, Bollywood public relations consultant, Outlook, May 31, 2010 submitted by Rashid Khosravi
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