"In spite of the hardness and
ruthlessness I thought I saw
in (Adolf Hitler’s) face, I got
the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon
when he gave his word.”
Neville Chamberlain, former British Prime Minister, writing to his sister after the infamous Munich agreement in 1938 where Hitler promised not to go to war if he was allowed to absorb Sudetenland, a border area of Czechoslovakia, A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
by Samantha Power
"A devastating blow to peace efforts
to see the leader of the world’s largest
democracy hug the world’s most
bloody criminal (Russian President
Vladimir Putin) in Moscow.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, The New York Times, July 10, 2024
"Do not make a mockery of justice... You are the State; you are (the) NIA (National Investigation Agency). He (the accused, Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh) has the right to a speedy trial, whatever offence he has committed. He might have committed a serious offence, but you are under the obligation to start the trial. He has been in jail for the past four years. To date the charge has not been framed.”
Supreme Court Justice J. B. Pardiwala,
presiding over a two-judge bench, The Indian Express, July 4, 2024
"In the pre-Partition years, the buildings on this street were owned by Parsis. My Karachi-born father, Noshir Dinshaw Sidhva, came to Jer Manzil around 1945. His uncle, Nadirshaw Sidhva, and Nadirshaw’s son Minoo, the original Port Trust tenants, built it in 1930.”
Khursheed Narang, resident of Jer Manzil, sunday mid-day, June 16, 2024
"Watching her (Perin Rustomjee)nurture plants with care drew passersby to our gate. Underprivileged kids stopped curiously at the bricked flowerbeds she was always bent over. Asked what she was
doing, she gave them a hose pipe to water with. It was constructive fun. Those kids became companions Shiraz and I played with
in the summer holidays.”
Nazneen, Perin Rustomjee’s daughter, sunday mid-day, June 16, 2024
"Even when we came the wadi
had a massive mango tree, a
pretty drumstick tree, plenty
of papaya, pear, pomegranate
and sitafal (custard apple) trees, and lime and tulsi bushes. My mother also cultivated black roses.”
Rusi and Armaity Nariman,
sunday mid-day, May 19, 2024
"We are working with state governments so that such coaches can be removed from their posts. The government is taking a very strong stand because if we have to host the Olympics, we will have to fight
this menace of doping.”
Adille Sumariwalla, president, Athletics
Federation of India, on coaches conniving with athletes on taking prohibited drugs, Hindustan Times, May 18, 2024
"Our performing arts calendar should have all-year programing, and not just during festivals.”
Shernaz Patel, artistic director, Aadyam, sunday mid-day, April 21, 2024
"The India Justice Report finds that as of 2022, only six commissions had women as members or as secretaries. There were no
women chairpersons and only Kerala, Meghalaya and Punjab had a lone woman member each.”
Maja Daruwala, chief editor, India Justice Report and executive director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, The Indian Express, March 8, 2024
"Established on Nowruz (Persian New Year) in 1913 by Rustam K. Yazdabadi as K. R. Sassanian Bakery and Restaurant, the Parsi eatery started as a whole-day breakfast joint serving omelette, bun maska, pudding, mawa cake and biscuits. Like many eateries of its era, it doubled as a general store, selling essentials like
soap and toothpaste.”
Meheraban Khodadad Kola, one of the three current partners, Sassanian
Boulangerie, The Indian Express,
April 10, 2024
"Asking me which composer is
my favorite is like asking me
if I prefer scrambled eggs,
omelette, or a sunny side up!”
Dr Cavas Bilimoria, former physician
to the Symphony Orchestra of India,
sunday mid-day, March 3, 2024
"Lamp posts doubled as wickets for gully cricket and study spots from sunset. On the seafront, we weren’t allowed to wander near the jail, which later became the dairy. And we were strictly warned never to ride in Dr Phil (Phiroze) Banaji’s speeding silver Jaguar.”
Farhad Pochkhanawala, resident of Buena Vista on Pochkhanawala Road behind
the Worli promenade, sunday mid-day,
February 25, 2024
"Food from a lot of smaller
communities is completely
underrepresented in Bombay.”
Dr Kurush F. Dalal, historian, archeologist and culinary anthropologist, The Indian
Express, February 12, 2024
"People gathered in crowds on balconies to watch shows we ‘staged’ in the space between our M and N buildings (in Nowroz Baug). My parents’ place was used as the changing room.”
Bomi Dotiwala, actor, sunday
mid-day, February 11, 2024
"We (architect husband Piloo and I) didn’t envision CAC (Contemporary Arts and Crafts), it was a real need. Doing up interiors of flats, restaurants and banks needed textiles, ceramics, floor coverings, all sorts of accessories for our projects. There was nothing available in India at the point when the British finally pulled out.”
Late Lavina (Vina) Colgan Mody, architect, sunday mid-day, February 11, 2024