Quotes

"Girls today don’t want to marry anyone with the surname
Daruwala, Batliwala, Toddywala — basically anyone who’s a ‘wala.’ Then there are Parsis in Vasai, Thana and Dahanu whom people from South Bombay don’t want
to marry because they don’t want to move north. I shifted from
Dadar to Vasai 27 years ago,
after marriage. That doesn’t
happen now. What to do, tell me?”

Katy Marfatia, matchmaker, quoted in
BASZA (Borivli and Suburban Zoroastrian
Association) Newsletter, Issue 6/2014-15

"Our jockeys run shoulder to shoulder with their foreign counterparts. A good rider is a good rider irrespective of his country of origin and we have some very good jockeys in India. We have enough talent as well as training centres.”

Pesi Shroff, jockey turned trainer,
Mid-Day, March 1, 2015

"I have seen my dad go literally from
riches to rags; it is a childhood lesson
I won’t forget. Because we have had such a tough childhood, we have learnt not to take things for granted.”

Farah Khan, choreographer turned film director, whose mother is a Parsi,
Free Press Journal, January 19, 2015

"Ninety-eight percent (of our
bread) is flour. The other
ingredients are two percent.”

Khodadad Irani, co-owner, Wibs,
DNA, January 11, 2015

"The closed fist receives nothing.”

Michele Oka Doner, artist, Reader’s
Digest, December 2014

"Read. Then read some more. It’s never enough. Write, if you must, without talking too much about
writing. Write regularly. If you like what you have written, re-write.”

Rohinton Mistry, novelist (advice to
would-be writers,) The Times of India, January 4, 2015

"It is ironical that the same
Bharatiya Janata Party that routinely lambasted the Congress for being subservient to one family, now allows itself to be completely dominated by a single individual.”

Firoze Hirjikaka, freelance writer,
Freedom First, December 2014

"Much as we may disagree with government in the policies and action, everybody engaged in the private sector must recognize it as their elementary duty to respect the laws of the country and to pay their dues promptly without any attempt to avoid their obligations.”

A. D. Shroff quoted by Dileep Padgaonkar in the A. D. Shroff Public Annual
Lecture, on September 25, 2014

"One of the main reasons for themed restaurants failing is that they follow a fad that dies. Both my restaurants have timeless themes.”

Rushad Ginwala, restaurateur, G2,
April-May 2012, clipping submitted by
reader Rashid Khosravi