Quotes
"Parsis are alright. We are alright everywhere, there is no difficulty.
In fact, he (Gujarat chief
minister and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi) is very fond of
Parsis in Gujarat and Gujarat’s Parsis are very fond of him.”
"I’ve never come across such a variety of human beings (the
Parsi community), it contains
genius alongside eccentrics
and oddballs altogether.”
"This election had many
lessons to give. The biggest
question out of this outcome is
if we will have value-based
politics or valueless politics.”
Bengal, The Indian Express, May 17, 2014
"Not many people realize this
but in 1947, when India became independent, per capita income was higher than China and South Korea. Now, South Korea is
almost a developed country.”
The Economic Times, May 16, 2014
"First films are wonderful because you don’t know so much and
you just plunge in. I think
creatively, the first time you do something it has a tremendous energy to it and it doesn’t come
the second or third time you do it.”
DNA, April 6, 2014
"I do not plan anything in my life. I had wanted to become a journalist. It did not happen. I wanted to be an Indian Police Service officer.
I did not. So, I let things be.”
"Unless you are invited to
a Parsi wedding or go to an
Irani café, there’s not much
access to our food.”
blogger, Mint, March 15, 2014
"Each day was a show in
court. You are judged at
every step and I was ready
to prove that I could excel
in a predominantly male-
dominated profession. Every
time I appeared in court, I
would deliberately over-prepare
to ensure I never lost sight of
my goal in this very tough field.”
Partners, Mid Day, April 20, 2014
"What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it.”
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet,
quoted in The Trials of Oscar Wilde
by H. Montgomery Hyde