"When a man marries his
mistress, it creates a vacancy.”
James Goldsmith, father of Jemima Khan, quoted by Bachi Karkaria, columnist, The Times of India, April 7, 2022
"My great-grandfather had a donkey which wouldn’t pass over a bridge, afraid the river was too full of water. Grandfather carried the donkey on his shoulders. That was the mentality. They always found solutions to any problem.”
Rustom Nasrabadi, proprietor,
Cosmopolitan Restaurant and Stores,
mid-day, March 21, 2022
"Working for The Welfare of
Stray Dogs, I experienced the kindness these spaces
(Irani cafés) extended towards street animals. Welcoming them,
proprietors phoned us for
their treatment, in Bastani,
Britannia, Brabourne, Mondegar, Ideal Corner, B. Merwan,
Majestic and Paradise.”
Abodh Aras, chief executive officer,
The Welfare of Stray Dogs, mid-day,
March 21, 2022
"My Udvada-bred dad
(Hormajshah) initially spoke only four English words: ‘Yes. No.
Sorry. Thank you.’ But he ended up proficient enough with the
language to help Congressman and former governor of Sikkim, Homi Taleyarkhan, script sharp political campaigns.”
Rointon Andhyarujina, numismatist,
mid-day, March 21, 2022
"In Flora (Sassoon), Bombay,
and probably the globe, got
their first sethani (madam).”
Dr Simin Patel, historian, The Indian
Express, March 5, 2022
"A strange custom prevails with the Parsis as to the necessity for a woman giving birth to her child on the ground floor of a house.”
The Parsis Or Modern Zerdusthians:
A Sketch (1852) by Henry George
Briggs, reprinted by Kessinger Publishing Legacy Reprints (2009)
"A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”
Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, Inspirational Quote, May 2022
"He obviously saw very hard times. It’s impossible to believe he fought a war on three fronts and came out without a single scratch, as he’d like the reader to believe. But, the thing to marvel at is how he had the courage to look back at this time with wit, humor and an
astonishing sense of resilience.”
Murali Ranganathan, historian,
translator and author of The First World
War Adventures of Nariman Karkaria,
sunday mid-day, April 24, 2022