"Justices Nazeer and Khehar’s dissenting decision (upholding the practice of triple talaq) is the strongest defence we have seen of community rights over individual rights, religion over liberty and equality, and private law over statutory enactment for decades.”
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, vice chancellor,
Ashoka University, The Indian Express, August 23, 2017
"There was always an unspoken rule in the family about not
marrying outside the community. My father is the kind of Parsi who goes to the agiary every day. When we decided to get married, Prasad’s family was on board,
so was my mother but convincing
my father was tough. We belong
to a family of priests and that
is why it was important to him
that we follow the rules
of the community.”
Zarin Mirza, head chef, Ahura Restaurant Pvt Ltd, married to Prasad, a Telugu man, The Indian Express, October 22, 2017
"In journalism you write by
many rules — in fiction you need
to break rules. It took me a few years to realize this, and to write fiction that did not sound like an extended newspaper article.”
Shabnam Minwalla, journalist turned
author, The Hindu, January 18, 2018
"Our food is as spicy as the
journalists... here in India. So
what you got is a taste
of the kind of food we serve and but also of real adventure and spice of Indian journalism.”
Smriti Irani, Information and
Broadcasting Minister, The Hindu,
April 28, 2018
"This news of the rough handling
of Parsi sisters pierced me like
a dart. I felt that my sisters
or daughters had been hurt by
a violent mob! Yes, some Parsis had joined the welcome (to The Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII). They had a right to hold their own view free of molestation. There can be no coercion in
swaraj (self rule).”
Mahatma quoted in "Beyond Hindu-
Muslim unity: Gandhi, the Parsis and
the Prince of Wales Riots of 1921,” by
Dinyar Patel, Department of History,
University of South Carolina
"I had gatecrashed at her (Feroza Engineer) birthday party when I was still on one crutch. Then I had no hair. I was very thin. She thought I was a drug addict.”
Jimmy Mody on how he met his
wife-to-be while he was recuperating
from a car crash, The Afternoon
Despatch & Courier, June 25, 2018
"This (course at The London
College of Dance and Drama)
was a teacher training
course but I wanted to be a
ballerina. But the Good Lord seemed to want me to be a
teacher so that’s what I became.”
(The late) Tushna Dallas, ballet
teacher, DNA, May 13, 2018