"No one sees what you see,
even if they see it too.”
Well known quote cited by Dr Mazda
Turel, practicing neurosurgeon,
Wockhardt Hospitals and honorary
assistant professor of neurosurgery,
Grant Medical College and Sir J. J.
Group of Hospitals, sunday
mid-day, December 12, 2021
"(Dadabhai) Naoroji was arguably India’s first prominent nationalist: He set the tenor for much of the nationalist movement, formulated many of its key ideologies,
and played a critical role in
establishing its infrastructure.”
Dr Dinyar Patel, assistant professor of
history, S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mint, December 4, 2021
"It was ‘allowable to, if not incumbent on every man... to enter into measures of resistance... when the probable mischiefs of resistance, appear less to him than the
probable mischiefs of obedience.’”
Jeremy Bentham, utilitarian philosopher, quoted by Keki Daruwalla, writer and former chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, The Indian Express, December 2, 2021
"We both were just about okay in studies... However, (Dr) Cyrus (Poonawalla) made a name for himself because of his entrepreneurial skills, vision and ability to take business risks.”
Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress
Party leader, The Times of India,
November 27, 2021
"Ardeshir Behramji, the first Parsi interpreter in the Supreme Court of Bombay, published in 1824 a Gujarati grammar to facilitate the progress of English students in acquiring that tongue.”
The Parsis or Modern Zerdusthians: A Sketch (1852) by Henry George Briggs, reprinted by Kessinger Publishing
"Some of the places (in Bombay) I have documented don’t exist anymore and reliving the few tangible
treasures we have is essential.”
Dr Jehangir Sorabjee, physician and
professor of medicine and author of Above Bombay, a collection of aerial pictures of the city, mid-day, November 23, 2021
"You cannot tell parents of
students not to file litigation.
They can file any litigation,
any suit, in any court. They
have a right under the law.”
Justices Shahrukh Kathawalla and
Madhav Jamdar, regarding a school
administration attempting to bar parents
the right to seek legal redress, The Free
Press Journal, November 14, 2021
"I don’t want India to be an
economic super power. I want India to be a happy country.”
J. R. D. Tata, chairman, Tata Sons, quoted in The Joy of Achievement: Conversations with J. R. D. Tata by R. M. Lala, 1995,
published in Good thoughts, Good words, Good deeds, A book of Tata quotes
"A star does not compete with
other stars around it; it just shines.”
Matshona Dhliwayo, Canada based
philosopher and author, Inspirational
Quote, November 2021
"We were very clear that
we’d abort the pregnancy had
our child been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. I have seen
my parents struggle with (my
elder brother) Dinyar. There are no facilities available for emotionally disabled persons in India.”
Adil Driver, Tardeo-based mutual funds advisor, sunday mid-day, October 17, 2021
"In the light of new facts,
history should be rewritten.”
Govind Prasad Sharma, chairman,
National Book Trust, The Indian Express, October 14, 2021
"When Bengalis work in
Bengaluru, Maharashtrians in
Delhi, and Tamilians in Bombay, we are enriched as a country.”
Naushad Forbes, co-chairman,
Forbes Marshall; past president, Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman, Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research and Ananta Aspen Centre,
The Times of India, April 16, 2021
"You’d rather have a five-minute role
and shine in a good film than play the lead of a not-so-great project.”
Tara Sutaria, actor, The Times of India, September 16, 2021
"It was thanks to her (Vina Mody) that so many unsung karigars (skilled craftsmen) from every
state got due recognition.”
Meher Marfatia, writer, mid-day,
September 1, 2021
"If a director wants to cast me
in a film as Milkha Singh
(Olympian sprinter), it is his
vision. I connect to that vision and story and do the best that I can.”
Farhan Akhtar, filmmaker and actor,
whose mother Honey is a Parsi, The
Times of India, August 26, 2021
"We do know a tax on imports
is a tax on exports.”
Raghuram Rajan, former governor,
Reserve Bank of India, The Free
Press Journal, August 18, 2021
"The marriage is solemnized
by a person of one religion
with (a person of) another religion without force, allurement or
fraudulent means and such
marriages cannot be termed
as marriage for the purpose
of unlawful conversion.”
Vikram Nath, Chief Justice,
Gujarat High Court, on the Gujarat
Freedom of Religion (Amendment)
Act, 2021 (colloquially termed the love
jihad act), The Free Press
Journal, August 19, 2021
"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.”
Doug Larson, American columnist
and editor, Inspirational Quote,
November 2021