Quotes

"The Parsis were never big in
number, but this never stopped them from showing and leading
the way in almost every facet of
life and society 150, 100, 50,
even 30 years back.”

"You don’t know what you lose
until after you’ve lost it.”

"The real estate market seems to be on the rise. But very little focus is given to design and master planning. While a few structures might be worth a mention the majority seem to me a lost opportunity.”

"I passed on (to my children)
the importance of family life, and being celebratory every day about something good that happens. Also, the great Parsi trait of being eclectic in one’s taste, and the progressive beliefs of our tradition.
I think one of the important things we proved was that there were ways of being modern that were
not necessarily European.”

"As for my patients, I’m going to stress on concentrating on the simple things that help increase reproductive potential — adequate exercise, balanced diet, taking vitamin supplements, and sleeping well. Plastics, that we use everyday, have a toxic effect on our reproductive organs.”

"I think I am becoming a
better runner as I am nearing
60. I started running at 50 and
today at 59, I think I am a better and strong runner. With the right shoes, good training advice, cross-training (swimming, gym) and most importantly, by listening to your body, you can minimize chances of injuries.”

"Today producers are not making films, they are just making proposals. It’s all about, get an A list hero, tag along a heroine, and package it with five songs. Then they say they’ve made a film.”

"The independent director has
to be able to know that he can sleep at night. That he doesn’t have to worry about every
small thing and which he truly
was unaware (about).

"There is a Reserve Bank of
India regulation that says you
can spend your money on
anything but not on betting.”

"Advertising is limited by
brand value. They say we are
different, but they all put out
the same shiny, happy,
upmarket ideas. I realized I couldn’t influence people
through advertising.”

"Lawyers these days only think of the profession as money making; they forget its other aspects. It
was a noble profession; now
it is very commercial.”

"The profit margins of developers have actually been shrinking. Therefore the ability to cut prices
is to a great extent limited, it is
not as much as it used to be four to five years ago when the profit margins were much higher.”

"I was writing for decades, but I didn’t work seriously as a writer until I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. My life changed utterly. I realized that chaos and the clutter of life are not necessarily sources of art. That doesn’t work for everybody. I had wasted a lot of time. Writing is best done stark sober and early in the morning.”

"My poor cousin (in Karachi) couldn’t hear, so they opened
his car door and told him to probably get out but he was hard of hearing. He said, ‘Huh? Huh?’ And, they shot him dead.”

"The first law of journalism —
to confirm existing prejudices
rather than contradict them.”

Alexander Cockburn, American
journalist, quoted by Karan Thapar,
Hindustan Times, December 29, 2013