Quotes
So they say
“It may be true that the honest judges have nothing to
fear. But the harassment caused to honest judges by the prospect
of even frivolous or vexatious complaints is real.”
Fali S. Nariman, jurist, The Indian Express, March 8, 2011
“All of us need to bear in mind that more than a thousand years
of monumental effort of an extraordinary, exemplary nature
can be washed away in less than a thousand days. Such is
the power of the waves of discord. Persepolis was not built in a
day, but burnt down in a night.”
Dolly Dastoor, editor, FEZANA Journal, Winter 2010
“You know I had developed lots of patience. Other photographers would always be in a hurry to finish off the photograph and get out. I would just go on watching and waiting. Waiting for the right moment when they would not be conscious of the camera and be completely natural. Then I would just step forward, click and get out.”
Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman press photographer, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, March 4, 2011
“Typically, students train with us from age six. About
10 to 15 drop out by the end of the year. Around two leave
before the end of the first month.”
Tushna Dallas, founder, School of Classical Ballet and Western Dance,
Mid Day, February 27, 2011
“Majority of them die as they do not get medical aid
immediately. A person with a severed leg lies on the tracks or platform for about 45 minutes.”
Jamshed Cama, counsel for Public Interest litigation concerning accidents on railway property, Hindustan Times, March 1, 2011
“Nearly 65 percent of the women travellers who take a luxury or premium-end holiday at least once a year said that they buy new clothes before going on a holiday.”
Zubin Karkaria, CEO and MD,
Kuoni India and South Asia, DNA, February 24, 2011
“I can’t tell you how many people I talk to who don’t ask their physicians questions with regard to tests being ordered on their behalf. There is nothing more disheartening than seeing a patient who doesn’t come across motivated about his/her health.”
Dr Nikan H. Khatibi, physician, FEZANA Journal, Winter 2010
“Philanthropy is ‘love for fellowmen’ not ‘love for rules’... Where the human cry is heard, funds should be made available. Otherwise the soul is taken out of philanthropy.”
R. M. Lala, author and former head of Sir Dorab Tata Trust, Philanthropy, November-December 2010
fear. But the harassment caused to honest judges by the prospect
of even frivolous or vexatious complaints is real.”
Fali S. Nariman, jurist, The Indian Express, March 8, 2011
“All of us need to bear in mind that more than a thousand years
of monumental effort of an extraordinary, exemplary nature
can be washed away in less than a thousand days. Such is
the power of the waves of discord. Persepolis was not built in a
day, but burnt down in a night.”
Dolly Dastoor, editor, FEZANA Journal, Winter 2010
“You know I had developed lots of patience. Other photographers would always be in a hurry to finish off the photograph and get out. I would just go on watching and waiting. Waiting for the right moment when they would not be conscious of the camera and be completely natural. Then I would just step forward, click and get out.”
Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman press photographer, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, March 4, 2011
“Typically, students train with us from age six. About
10 to 15 drop out by the end of the year. Around two leave
before the end of the first month.”
Tushna Dallas, founder, School of Classical Ballet and Western Dance,
Mid Day, February 27, 2011
“Majority of them die as they do not get medical aid
immediately. A person with a severed leg lies on the tracks or platform for about 45 minutes.”
Jamshed Cama, counsel for Public Interest litigation concerning accidents on railway property, Hindustan Times, March 1, 2011
“Nearly 65 percent of the women travellers who take a luxury or premium-end holiday at least once a year said that they buy new clothes before going on a holiday.”
Zubin Karkaria, CEO and MD,
Kuoni India and South Asia, DNA, February 24, 2011
“I can’t tell you how many people I talk to who don’t ask their physicians questions with regard to tests being ordered on their behalf. There is nothing more disheartening than seeing a patient who doesn’t come across motivated about his/her health.”
Dr Nikan H. Khatibi, physician, FEZANA Journal, Winter 2010
“Philanthropy is ‘love for fellowmen’ not ‘love for rules’... Where the human cry is heard, funds should be made available. Otherwise the soul is taken out of philanthropy.”
R. M. Lala, author and former head of Sir Dorab Tata Trust, Philanthropy, November-December 2010
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