"There are some Western universities that may teach a module
on Zoroastrianism, but those
focus on the historical aspect or the language. There is no
comprehensive course on the
culture, especially in the Indian context — after Zoroastrians from Iran came to India — or viewed from a contemporary lens. That
is the focus of this course.”
Kerman Daruwalla, academic coordinator for the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Parzor program, mid-day, August 18, 2024
"Our father would have never
shifted anywhere as this (Lahore) was where he had lived, his forefathers had lived; this was his home. He also believed that the politics of the state had nothing to do with us; that whether a Muslim or Hindu government was in place, we
Parsis would remain unaffected.”
Story of how the partition of India and
Pakistan in 1947 affected the life of
a Parsi family, as recounted by two sisters to Anam Zakaria, aljazeera.com, August 17, 2024
"It is not a great win for justice that the Supreme Court granted bail (to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal) in a criminal matter. It is at best a source of limited relief and at worst, evidence of a completely dysfunctional criminal justice system. Judgments such as Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s statements inadvertently reveal what’s broken in the criminal justice system —
the judiciary.”
Alok Prasanna Kumar, co-founder, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, The Indian
Express, September 14, 2024
"Despite prolific evidence pointing to the many benefits of regular exercise, we still have so many people telling us that they don’t have time to exercise or find exercising — either going to the gym or having a personal trainer home — too expensive. The weekly target for physical activity is 150 minutes, which not many are able to meet.”
Benafsha Gazdar, exercise scientist,
mid-day, September 3, 2024
"We could produce as much
food as we do now with a
quarter as many farmers and
little change in technology.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman,
Forbes Marshall; chairman, Centre for
Technology Innovation and Economic Research and Ananta Aspen Centre; past president, Confederation of Indian Industry;
Business Standard, August 18, 2024
"You don’t want the students’
religion to be revealed... Won’t their names reveal their religion? Will you ask them to be given numbers at the gate so that they are not addressed by name?”
Supreme Court Justices Sanjiv Khanna and
Sanjay Kumar, while striking down a ban on
the wearing of the hijab, etc by the N. G. Acharya and D. K. Marathe College in Chembur,
Bombay, The Indian Express, August 10, 2024