Quotes

"‘I cannot forget the love which the Parsis have showered on me in India, in England, in South
Africa, in Zanzibar and in Aden,’ he told community members in Navsari in April 1921.‘I can
appreciate the value of a good
turn and that is why it will pain me if the Parsis remain aloof or even neutral in the great movement (non-cooperation with the British)
that is now going on.’”

Mahatma Gandhi quoted in "Beyond Hindu-
Muslim unity: Gandhi, the Parsis and
the Prince of Wales Riots of 1921,” by
Dinyar Patel, Department of History,
University of South Carolina

"Profits are not just a set of
figures, but of values.”

Pheroz Pudumjee, non-executive director, Thermax, quoting his father-in-law Rohinton
Aga, The Economic Times, May 11, 2018

"People usually have issues with disciplining the dogs. What they don’t realize is that they need to choose a rewarding, positive reinforcement pattern to deal with their pets. Choke chains and aggression techniques are cruel and passé.”

Shirin Merchant, canine behaviorist,
The Free Press Journal, May 13, 2018

General K. S. "Thimayya once recounted how he had first met Nehru in the early 1930s, when they were both at the cinema in Allahabad. Nehru, on noticing
Thimayya in his British army
uniform, walked up to him and asked, ‘So, how does it feel to be wearing a British uniform?’
Thimayya replied, ‘Hot.’”

Journalist Susant Singh, The Indian
Express, May 7, 2018

Prime Minister of India Narendra "Modi could never have come to power on the basis of Hindutva alone. He promised good
governance, the very opposite of thuggery. The more he is seen as a godfather of thuggery, the faster he will lose his Midas touch.”

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar,
economist and columnist whose late
wife Shernaz was a Parsi,
The Times of India, May 13, 2018

"While archaeologists excavate all kinds of food remains, they classify them only scientifically. The shape of a vessel we eat from can tell you the staple food of a community; but no one (has explored this angle).”

Dr Kurush Dalal, archaeologist, caterer
and faculty member, University of
Bombay Centre for Extra-Mural
Studies, mid-day, April 26, 2018

"The maintenance cost of an EV (electric vehicle) is expected to be one percent of the maintenance cost of an ICE (internal combustion engine) automobile.”

Abhay Firodia, chairman of Force Motors and president of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, The Economic Times, September 19, 2017