"Around 40% of the global
population wearing XXXL
underwear seems a certainty."
Jonathan Compton, former managing director at Bedlam Asset Management, MoneyWeek, November 6, 2020
"Parsis tend to gorge on seasonal vegetables by adding fish or meat."
Mahrukh Mogrelia, home chef, mid-day, December 17, 2020
"For every thing we eat, wear and do, there is an option which does not involve hurting others."
Compassionate Friend, Journal of Beauty Without Cruelty — India, Winter 2020
"There’s so much pride. All
those things that went into the dabbawala service — trust,
family — all that goes away."
Dr Simin Patel, historian, on the tiffin
carriers in Bombay being rendered
unemployed due to the pandemic,
Financial Times, December 24, 2020
"We were shocked that the Central government could arrest an 83-year-old priest who lived in a Jesuit community and had no contact with Maoists but was active in litigation on behalf of adivasis. None of the 16 arrested has been involved in violence. They are all human rights defenders,
journalists, lawyers."
Fr Frazer Mascarenhas (Society of
Jesus), parish priest, St Peter’s, The
Times of India, December 17, 2020
"My father and uncle (Plumarz and Darius) spent hours in the cafe (Byculla Restaurant), watching the world go by. With margins thinning and no question of compromising on quality of ingredients like flour, mince and onion, Darius wanted to hang up his boots professionally."
Gilan Ferzandi, businessman, mid-day,
December 12, 2020
"Kids slyly queried (undertaker Edward Jones), ‘How’s business?’ Just for his classic reply, ‘Very
bad, no bastards are dying.’"
Meher Marfatia, columnist, mid-day,
December 12, 2020
"Example of a model woman:
A real ideal woman is that who forgets herself while performing
her domestic duties."
Parsi Avaz, January-February-March 2020
"I used to get Rs 45 per month, a cup of tea in the morning and two meals a day. It was the toughest and loneliest phase of my life. This is not what I wanted to do. I thought my life had been ruined."
Ervad Naval Jijina, former textile designer,
on his days as a mobed at Godavara
Agiary, mid-day, January 17, 2021
"There are no rules for
good photography, there are
only good photographs."
Ansel Adams, American photographer, Smart Photography, December 2020