"You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it.”
Tennessee Williams, American playwright, DNA, June 10, 2019
"A drama series lets your character grow and develop which is not the case with comedy. In the latter, you have to stick to the role, episode after episode while dealing with varied situations (but) your character remains the same.”
Tannaz Irani, actor, Hindustan Times,
June 19, 2019
"There is discipline that you inherit from playing any sport. It affects the way you focus on things. It keeps you in a positive frame of mind, teaches about team work, success, and also how to deal with loss. There is a lot to learn from even just being part of a team.”
Farhan Akhtar, writer, director,
producer, actor and singer, whose
mother Honey is a Parsi, Hindustan
Times, May 22, 2019
"The hope that his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would revolutionize party prospects in Uttar Pradesh simply proved a triumph of
sycophancy over strategy.”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, consultant editor, ET, whose late wife was a Parsi, The Economic Times, May 24, 2019
"There are jobs but there is
an absence of trained people
in the country and those who
are not skilled face difficulties
in getting jobs. For instance,
there is a lack of doctors, nurses, boiler operators and skilled
construction workers in India.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group,
Daily News and Analysis, April 22, 2019
"My mother refuses to give
me non-vegetarian food when I travel by train. No (Muslim) in this country who is traveling by train will carry non-vegetarian food.”
Aamir Aziz, singer, The Hindu,
May 19, 2019
"Children just want to have
fun, and parents want their
kids to be best at everything.
Neither is wrong in their
approach or requirement.
So we cater to both.”
Meherzad Patel, theater director,
Silly Point Productions, MumbaiMirror,
April 18, 2019
"I have an 83-year-old mother,
who wears simple skirts and tops, and travels the world with her friends, and enjoys her life. I think that’s what is important.”
Mehr Jesia, former Miss India, on
the benefits of Nichiren Buddhism,
mid-day, April 28, 2019
"Everything about theater
attracts me to it. In its ideal
form, you are playing a character that is a part of you, but not all of you; you are feeling through
this person’s journey.”
Jim Sarbh, actor, Hindustan Times,
January 10, 2019