Quotes

"If you torture the data enough, they will confess to anything.”

Nobel laureate Ronald Coase, quoted
by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
whose late wife Shahnaz was a Parsi, The
Economic Times, December 5, 2018

"There is a certain aspiration
to the big fat wedding.”

Zoya Akhtar, filmmaker, whose
mother Honey is a Parsi, on Made in
Heaven, web series for Amazon,
The Hindu, March 2, 2019

"All-girls schools are savage.
I was bullied for being fat
and called chubby. I felt
very insecure.”

Shayaan Oshidar, singer and songwriter,
mid-day, April 28, 2019

"In the developed countries,
the time spent in cars is
calculated at $ 18 per hour and in the developing countries, at $ 4
per hour. Reducing commuting time will only help increase GDP (Gross Domestic Product.”

Pedro Ortiz, consultant, The Times
of India, March 29, 2019

"If they call you ignorant,
because you are a Parsi, what
will they call me, a mere Mlekkha (literally translated, ‘foreigner,’
but the word carries the connotation of ‘outsider-as-barbarian’)!”

Prof Max Muller, quoted in I am the Widow: An Intellectual Biography of Behramji
Malabari by Harmony Siganporia

"I’m used to working in hectic
conditions but the heat up north was quite painful to endure.
Every minute under the sun felt
like I was being roasted.”

Amyra Dastur, actor, while shooting for a film
in Agra, Hindustan Times, June 11, 2019

"Piloo was practical, curious,
eager to use innovative elements. A fun project was The Oberoi,
Delhi, perhaps India’s first multi-storied, precast building.
The beams were brought to the site, suspended between bullock carts lit by a lantern.”

Lavina (Vina) Colgan, on her and late
husband Piloo Mody’s architectural
undertakings, mid-day, June 9, 2019

"Getting Tanaaz’s face inked
on my back has been a
longstanding wish... It took
seven hours for the tattoo to
be completed and the pain was unbearable. I had tears in my
eyes and for the first time, I
hated Tannaz’s curly mop and wished she was bald (laughs!).
The machine was literally grazing my body, as the tattoo was
too intricate and detailed.”

Bakhtiyaar Irani, actor, The Times of
India, July 23, 2019