Quotes
So they say
“I get to gaze into a lot of women’s eyes... aah but most
of them are over 75.”
--Dr Cyres K Mehta, consulting ophthalmic Surgeon, The Mehta International Eye Institute and Colaba Eye Hospital, HT Cafe Mumbai, October 5, 2007
“Which eatable still popular in Bombay took its name from Sir Frank Worrell whose side toured India in 1966-67? The ‘Frankie,’ first sold at the Brabourne Stadium in 1968.”
--Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, From the Pavilion End, the newsmagazine of the Cricket Club of India, September 2007
“Pancho Segura asked me, ‘Tell me, what is this smelly surface we are playing on.’ In those days we had the traditional courts layered with cow dung. Pancho said, ‘Can I use your telephone please?’ He gets through and says to one of his friends in the United States. ‘Can you believe this. In India they play on
courts with a covering of sh--.”
--Khushroo Suntook, From the Pavilion End, the newsmagazine of the Cricket Club of India, September 2007
“To discover your own source material leave most of the things you have read in books behind. Go to your own life, it is richer and fuller than you believe, it has all the potential material for good writing.”
--Gieve Patel, poet and artist, Poetry with young people, Sahitya Akademi 2007
“We are not obsessed with internationalisation. In Corus, we saw a strategic fit for Tata Steel. All our acquisitions are aimed at creating better value for the businesses we are engaged in... UK has one of the best automotive technology in the world. But somewhere something went wrong and we want to have a major role in that area.”
--Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata group, Hindustan Times, September 28, 2007
“With most of the western beer markets going completely
flat, it is only markets like India, Russia, Eastern Europe and China that are growing. Within these India is the fastest growing at 27 percent per annum, making it the most exciting market for us.”
--Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder and CEO of Cobra Beer, The Times of India, October 3, 2007
“At a time when India celebrates its 60th year of independence... the very Government that prides itself in heading one of the world’s largest independent democratic countries, seeks to curb freedom of speech and independence of the media.”
--Hormusji N. Cama, presidential address at the The Indian Newspaper Society’s 68th AGM
of them are over 75.”
--Dr Cyres K Mehta, consulting ophthalmic Surgeon, The Mehta International Eye Institute and Colaba Eye Hospital, HT Cafe Mumbai, October 5, 2007
“Which eatable still popular in Bombay took its name from Sir Frank Worrell whose side toured India in 1966-67? The ‘Frankie,’ first sold at the Brabourne Stadium in 1968.”
--Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, From the Pavilion End, the newsmagazine of the Cricket Club of India, September 2007
“Pancho Segura asked me, ‘Tell me, what is this smelly surface we are playing on.’ In those days we had the traditional courts layered with cow dung. Pancho said, ‘Can I use your telephone please?’ He gets through and says to one of his friends in the United States. ‘Can you believe this. In India they play on
courts with a covering of sh--.”
--Khushroo Suntook, From the Pavilion End, the newsmagazine of the Cricket Club of India, September 2007
“To discover your own source material leave most of the things you have read in books behind. Go to your own life, it is richer and fuller than you believe, it has all the potential material for good writing.”
--Gieve Patel, poet and artist, Poetry with young people, Sahitya Akademi 2007
“We are not obsessed with internationalisation. In Corus, we saw a strategic fit for Tata Steel. All our acquisitions are aimed at creating better value for the businesses we are engaged in... UK has one of the best automotive technology in the world. But somewhere something went wrong and we want to have a major role in that area.”
--Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata group, Hindustan Times, September 28, 2007
“With most of the western beer markets going completely
flat, it is only markets like India, Russia, Eastern Europe and China that are growing. Within these India is the fastest growing at 27 percent per annum, making it the most exciting market for us.”
--Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder and CEO of Cobra Beer, The Times of India, October 3, 2007
“At a time when India celebrates its 60th year of independence... the very Government that prides itself in heading one of the world’s largest independent democratic countries, seeks to curb freedom of speech and independence of the media.”
--Hormusji N. Cama, presidential address at the The Indian Newspaper Society’s 68th AGM
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