"My first love for the community didn’t come through people.
It came from food and furniture.
I would go to town auctions at
old Parsi homes. I remember meeting Waheeda Rehman there and we were staring at a piece
of cutlery for an hour.”
Cyrus Sahukar, television host and
comedian, mid-day, August 22, 2018
"I have been juggling multiple
languages, including Punjabi, Urdu, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu. Since the languages are different from each other, it’s hard to learn them simultaneously, but I am enjoying the challeng(e).”
Freddy Daruwala, actor, Bombay Times, September 4, 2018
"It was not my parents, relatives or siblings who started the bullying and name-calling, it was my teachers at St Patrick’s High School.”
Zubin Vakil, gay fashion designer,
The Times of India, September 9, 2018
"One day there will be no one
left to defend the rule of law,
one day there will be no rule of
law left to defend.”
Indira Jaising, Supreme Court advocate,
on the arrest by police of five prominent activists, The Times of India, August 29, 2018
"The number of cardiac-related ailments has gone up among the younger people because of
smoking and stress as well as damaging lifestyle changes,
including junk food, etc.”
Dr Purvez Grant, managing trustee and
cardiologist, Ruby Hall Clinic, Poona,
Dignity Dialogue, November 2017,
submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
"A (India U-17 football) team that has trained together for two and a half years and visited 18 countries for over 100 practice matches should have been more assertive and shown better understanding.”
Novy Kapadia, football writer and commentator, The Times of India, October 23, 2017
"I enjoyed looking at classic
gara sari designs for the Parsi characters. When I dressed my characters, I had to think about subtlety that comes with being comfortable with oneself versus wanting to make a big impression. These are themes that continue
to influence people today.”
Sujata Massey, novelist, on her book
A Murder on Malabar Hill featuring a
fictional Parsi lawyer, Perveen Mistry,
The Hindu, March 29, 2018
"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”
Dorothy Parker, American poet, quoted
by Eunice de Souza, MumbaiMirror,
June 22, 2017