"Week after week I poured out
my soul in its columns and
expounded the principles and
practice of satyagraha as I understood it. I cannot recall a word in these articles set down without thought or deliberation or a word
of conscious exaggeration, or
anything merely to please.”
Mahatma Gandhi, My Experiments
with Truth quoted by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India when addressing
Indian Newspaper Society members,
February 27, 2014
"Wherever Parsis are, there
tends to be the approach of ‘we shouldn’t get too involved.’”
Bapsi Sidhwa, Pakistan born US-based author, Mid Day, December 23, 2013
"On one side they release
400 Palestinian prisoners, which
is wonderful. On the other side, they announce 50,000 apartment blocks going up (in Jerusalem’s eastern territories, where Israel’s control is not recognized by
international communities).”
Zubin Mehta, music conductor,
The Times of India, April 20, 2014
"You can’t say this portrait is 99% right, it looks pretty much like him or her. It has to be immediate recognition. A 100%, or it’s worth nothing. That’s a huge challenge. I really wanted to be up to that challenge... really wanted to grow and take myself to that level.”
Nawaz Singhania, fitness trainer
and artist, Hello!, April 2014, submitted
by reader Rashid Khosravi
"Those who educate children
well are more to be honored
than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.”
Aristotle, Greek philosopher,
quoted from Free Dictionary
"I was a little jaded by the whole Hollywood scene; the way films were being churned out by the studios was mechanical, all about what the market wants. That for me was a bit difficult to digest. Maybe I was being naive or too idealistic... but when I found the independent (cinema) world, it was very inspiring, and I got into that.”
Trishya Screwvala, Rain-dancer,
NGO, DNA, April 20, 2014
"All the bad practices of interfering with the everyday functioning
and management of the police have now been enacted into law. The governor was wrong not to
advise caution and reconsideration. It is an extremely sorry
situation for Maharashtra.”
Maja Daruwala, director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, The Times of India, July 19, 2014
"Surprisingly, both the parents and
kids are more excited about the navjote when one parent is non-Parsi.”
Ervad Fali Madon, panthaky of the
Jeejeebhoy Dadabhoy Agiary in Colaba, The Times of India, July 20, 2014