"Madame Cama is one of India’s most inspiring feminists, but she
is not the first Parsi feminist.
Parsi women had a tradition of
empowerment and emancipation.”
Coomi Kapoor, journalist and writer, The Indian Express, August 1, 2021
"According to the National Family Health Survey data, the average incidence of stunting in
India is 13% higher compared to the average of 30 countries
in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
The Times of India, July 30, 2021
"The Tata Group is an Indian group and we should not be looking (at it) as a Parsi group. The successor should be the right person and not anti-Parsi or pro-Parsi.”
Ratan N. Tata, chairman emeritus, Tata Sons, Business Standard, January 21, 2013, from Good thoughts, Good words, Good deeds, A book of Tata quotes
"I’ve known both (Ranjit Hoskote and Nancy Adajania) curators for the best part of my life, but it was the first time that the two have
navigated my (gallery) space together. It was like allowing them into one’s home, entering the kitchen and cooking up a lovely meal.”
Shireen Gandhy, creative director,
Chemould Prescott Road, on exhibition
of late Mehlli Gobhai’s paintings’,
mid-day, July 27, 2021
"There is nothing deep down
inside us except what we have
put there ourselves.”
Richard Rorty, American philosopher,
Inspirational Quote, August 2021
"The health of the citizenry of India and their right to life are paramount. All other sentiments, albeit religious, are subservient to this most basic fundamental right.”
Justice Rohinton F. Nariman, on negating
Uttar Pradesh government’s go ahead
for Kanwar Yatra, The Indian Express,
July 17, 2021
"Given the condition that the
world is in, where there is turmoil, where there is uncertainty about when the theaters will open
and what will happen, if in this
time we are able to present a
film that you can watch from the safety and comfort of your home... that is an incredible thing.”
Farhan Akhtar, actor, whose mother
Honey (née Irani) is a Parsi, The Times
of India, July 13, 2021
"No famine affects more than five to 10% of the population.”
Amartya Sen, economist and
Nobel Laureate, The Indian Express,
July 12, 2021
"How he loved to twirl. I used
to joke, ‘Astad with so many
turns, sometimes 300 at a go,
siddhu (straight) you’ll go
uppar (up) like a helicopter.’”
Ashdeen Lilaowala, fashion designer,
on dancer Astad Deboo, mid-day,
July 11, 2021