Quotes

"By the way, the book is

dedicated ‘To The Lovers

Who Didn’t Get Shot.’"

Bachi Karkaria, author, In Hot Blood

which covers the shooting of Prem Ahuja by Commander Kawas Nanavati,

quoted in Hello! India, May 2017

"I’m half Parsi-Irani so I hardly

ride them, I only polish them.

If anyone wants to buy a car or

a bike they can contact me. My (bikes) are better than those in

any showroom and have run no

more than 100 kms each."

John Abraham, actor and producer,

whose mother Pheroza is a Parsi,

MumbaiMirror, April 27, 2017

"In the early years there was

no government funding for

conservation. It was conscious

citizens and corporate houses. Now the government is

increasingly aware that these buildings need maintenance."

Abha Narain Lambah, conservation

architect, MumbaiMirror, April 23, 2017

"In Persia, spices were scarce,

so the food was cooked simply. When we arrived on the shores

of Gujarat to take refuge, we

assimilated in the best possible way — the food way."

Urvaksh Hoyvoy who runs Parsi-da-Dhaba, The Free Press Journal, April 17, 2014

"We ask anyone who feels that

being LGBT (lesbian, gay,

bi-sexual and transgender)

means not being happy, not to give up, to persevere and accumulate support through a network of friends and family who can see you through tough times. I know for many this is very, very difficult — but if you aren’t true to yourself, ultimately, life really cannot

be lived to the fullest."

Roy Wadia, head, Asia-Pacific

communications for the United Nations

Population Fund, Mid-Day, April 24, 2017

"No Parsi will denounce his faith. I haven’t changed a thing, simply married someone from another community... If someone feels I should not attend a funeral, I’ll be more than willing to sit out. But I will go to my agiary, attend all the jashans and lagans. I cannot

stop being a proud bawa."

Veera Sawkar, Mid-Day, April 30, 2017

"After years of asking myself, ‘what do I want to do?’ I began to ask myself, ‘where do I need to be?’"

Shaheen Mistri, founder of Akanksha and founder and chief executive officer of

Teach for India, Mint, April 22, 2017

"Today, a large amount of

philanthropy in India is deployed

in traditional forms like building a temple or a hospital. India has to move into a more sophisticated form of philanthropy that is designed to make a difference

rather than building edifices."

Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Trusts,

The Economic Times, April 20, 2017