"I cannot afford the cost of
events and activities. $ 35 for
dinner is too much. I donate $ 15, so that I can attend the function and I don’t have the dinner.”
Respondent of a survey conducted among North American Zoroastrians over 55 years, FEZANA Journal, Fall 2016
"As Parsis, we don’t realize how
Anglo-centric our world view is. Now that I live in France, I see the French
point of view, and the distinctive
way in which they ‘do’ things.”
Dr Rashna Writer, FEZANA Journal, Fall, 2016
"It is far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”
Warren Buffett, chief executive officer,
Berkshire Hathaway, The Economic
Times, December 28, 2016
"You can’t cross the sea by merely standing and staring at the water.”
Zarin Daruwala, chief executive officer, Standard Chartered Bank, India,
The Economic Times, January 19, 2016
"Its (the Parsi community’s) capacity for survival is being severely undermined by the hypocrisy of some of its leaders and self-appointed messiahs who present themselves as the repositories of all knowledge. Their double standards, their mendacity, their quackery — these are the challenges to survival.”
Rohinton Mistry, novelist, The Times of India, January 4, 2015
"Firecrackers were never part of Indian tradition. Gunpowder was a Chinese invention that Babur brought to India when he exploded his cannons at the Battle of
Panipat in 1526.”
Murad Ali Baig, Civil Society, December 2016
"At some point, donors need to sit back and think through the pros and cons of supporting purely charitable versus developmental organizations. India’s social
sector evolution needs to be
balanced and mature.”
Ziaa Lalkaka, Head — Corporate Social
Responsibility, The H. T. Parekh Foundation, Philanthropy, October-December 2016
"Everything a human being does affects the environment. Right? Right! Then really, we should be going backwards and living like tribals or Abos. Right? Right!”
Hafeez Contractor, architect, Verve
Second Quarter 2000, clipping submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi
"My humble submission is that eminence per se is not a certificate to mislead the House... not a certificate... to pass snide remarks. Eminence...
gives you the responsibility to hear
the other side of the story.”
Smriti Irani, HRD Minister, remarking on
allegations by opposition members that
she had insulted a Member of Parliament,
The Indian Express, April 28, 2015