"These buildings are like
extended joint families, and
we will fight for them
in every way that we can.”
Zarine Engineer, granddaughter of Mancherji
Joshi, on preserving art deco structures in the
Mancherji Edulji Joshi Dadar Parsi Colony,
MumbaiMirror, November 27, 2017
"I see philanthropy as extreme
risk capital... If you spend
money on something and it
doesn’t work, you can write it
off. You’re not answerable to
anyone, it’s your money.
That’s not true of government
money, that’s not true of
market money. I think,
therefore, philanthropy should
go where no one else can
go. It’s a place where
governments can’t go, where
markets can’t go, where NGOs (non-governmental organizations)don’t have the scale.”
Nandan Nilekani, non-executive
chairman, Infosys, The Economic
Times, November 20, 2017
"You can do the best, work hard, but at the end of the day the audience decides whether you are relevant to them as an artiste or not.”
Akshaye Khanna, actor, whose
mother Geetanjali is a Parsi, mid-day,
November 17, 2017
"I gave up eating bread — my biggest weakness. Besides bread, the house was purged from junk food like wafers, biscuits, chocolates. I started tracking my calories, and following a balanced diet. I now work out thrice a week.”
Shaheen Mody, entrepreneur,
MumbaiMirror, November 16, 2017
"I am a priest myself (Ervad). I used to practice when I was in college and needed pocket money. Whenever I am in Bombay, I go to the Siddhivanayak temple on Tuesdays and visit the Saibaba
temple on Thursdays.”
Zubin Karkaria, chief executive officer,
VFS Global Group, G2, December-
January 2008, submitted by reader
Rashid Khosravi
"By and large, the judiciary has been commendably forthright in supporting voices of dissent.”
Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general of India, The Hindu, September 20, 2017
"I’ve never had a set writing routine. Everything in my life has had precedence over my writing: family, children, husband,
traveling, and I wrote only when
I could squeeze in the time.”
Bapsi Sidhwa, author, G2,
December-January 2008, submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi
"Henry David Thoreau died with great equanimity. When asked by an aunt if he had made peace with God, Thoreau replied, ‘I did not know we had ever quarreled.’”
Henry David Thoreau: A Life by
Laura Dassow Walls, The Economic
Times, July 28, 2017