Quotes
So they say
“Wallace Hartley began with Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band, followed that up with Herman Finck’s In the Shadows and Paul Lincke’s The Wedding Dance Waltz, then moved on to Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld before concluding with Sullivan’s more spiritual Nearer, My God, To Thee and Joyce’s Songe d’Automne (Autumn Song) even while the water was rising and the ship (Titanic was) sinking. This was surely the most courageous live performance in the history of music in an era when there were no Grammy awards.”
Raghu Krishnan, author, The Economic Times, April 3, 2012
“Parsi women need to fight for more participation in decision making processes in and around the institution of marriage and family.”
Gita Chadha, Bombay based sociologist, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“Parsi women who marry outside are treated worse than cattle. But I try telling my children that there’s nothing wrong with my religion. Those who abuse it are the problem.”
Goolrookh Gupta, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“There’s a month wherein Zoroastrians aren’t supposed to eat meat. Even when my brother was only six-seven years old, he would come back from school hungry because they served only non-vegetarian food there. Doesn’t that make us good Parsis?”
Zinatra Malloo, whose mother, Roshni, is a Parsi, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“The Punchayets can find an excuse for anything they deem
is a threat to the purity of the race, even if our texts don’t agree.”
Meher Master-Moos, lawyer, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“Zoroastrianism is a mature religion. Its interpretation is narrow.”
Hoshang Merchant, author and professor, University of Hyderabad, Hamazor, publication of the World Zoroastrian Organisation, Issue 1, 2012
“The typical Cuban family consists of two grandparents, two parents and one child.”
Jorge Mario Sanchez, CEEC (Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission),
The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, March 29, 2012
“Many young American Jews are marrying out, while others are turning away in alienation from Zionism and so ceding control of Jewish organizations to an orthodox minority less committed to Israeli democracy.”
The Economist, March 24, 2012
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”
Roald Dahl, children’s author, Mumbai Mirror, March 13, 2012
Raghu Krishnan, author, The Economic Times, April 3, 2012
“Parsi women need to fight for more participation in decision making processes in and around the institution of marriage and family.”
Gita Chadha, Bombay based sociologist, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“Parsi women who marry outside are treated worse than cattle. But I try telling my children that there’s nothing wrong with my religion. Those who abuse it are the problem.”
Goolrookh Gupta, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“There’s a month wherein Zoroastrians aren’t supposed to eat meat. Even when my brother was only six-seven years old, he would come back from school hungry because they served only non-vegetarian food there. Doesn’t that make us good Parsis?”
Zinatra Malloo, whose mother, Roshni, is a Parsi, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“The Punchayets can find an excuse for anything they deem
is a threat to the purity of the race, even if our texts don’t agree.”
Meher Master-Moos, lawyer, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“Zoroastrianism is a mature religion. Its interpretation is narrow.”
Hoshang Merchant, author and professor, University of Hyderabad, Hamazor, publication of the World Zoroastrian Organisation, Issue 1, 2012
“The typical Cuban family consists of two grandparents, two parents and one child.”
Jorge Mario Sanchez, CEEC (Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission),
The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, March 29, 2012
“Many young American Jews are marrying out, while others are turning away in alienation from Zionism and so ceding control of Jewish organizations to an orthodox minority less committed to Israeli democracy.”
The Economist, March 24, 2012
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”
Roald Dahl, children’s author, Mumbai Mirror, March 13, 2012
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