Quotes
So they say
"Just because we have Kalidas doesn’t mean we cannot enjoy Shakespeare.”
Khushroo Suntook, chairman, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mint, October 20, 2012
"I don’t subscribe to many things about our Parsi customs. I think they diverge tremendously from the Zoroastrian faith.”
Avan Jesia, author, The Asian Age, December 2, 2012 from a clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
"Despite belonging to a strict ritualistic Zoroastrian family, I acted on my dreams and
messages and started keeping the Ganesha idol at home for a day-and-a-half during Chaturthi.”
messages and started keeping the Ganesha idol at home for a day-and-a-half during Chaturthi.”
Shenazz Nadirshah, healer and media professional, Life Positive, January 2012, from a clipping submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi
"Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.”
G. K. Chesterton, English writer, submitted by reader Farrokh Mehta
"There is no certainty of punishment. The criminal has absolutely no fear of the law.”
Smriti Irani, member of parliament, Mumbai Mirror, December 24, 2012
"The Court has for all practical purposes disregarded the separation of powers under the Constitution, and assumed a general supervisory function over other branches of government.”
Tehmtan R. Andhyarujina, senior advocate of the Supreme Court and former solicitor general of India,
The Hindu, reprinted in Lawyers Update, October 2012. Clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
"I loved (Queen’s) Freddie Mercury because he was a Parsi like me, he had that little Parsi belly. He’s one of us.”
Zubin Mehta, music maestro, Times of Israel, December 26, 2012. Article forwarded by reader Aarmin Banaji
"I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
Mark Twain, Calcutta Gavashni, July-September 2012
"My grandfather in his wisdom chose to bless/curse his descendants with a freakishly unusual last name... Back in the day when they still published telephone directories, Hirjikaka was the single entity with a listed phone number in the entire metropolis of Bombay... type in ‘Firoze Hirjikaka’ (in Google) and you will get around 6,000 pages, 98 percent of which refer to yours truly — exclusively.”
Firoze Hirjikaka, retired civil engineer, blogger and freelance writer, Freedom First, September 2012
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