Quotes
So they say
“I have found what I needed. It has helped me take some crucial decisions in life, especially when my company was going through a rough patch. It has been a life-altering phenomenon for me. Profits are important, but it’s long-term results that matter. Spirituality empowers one to focus on long-term objectives. It’s all about good values. It’s all about business with a human touch.”
Anu Aga, former chairperson, Thermax, The Week, April 20, 2008
“I don’t believe in spirituality. I don’t like the word and I don’t use it. I am a Zoroastrian by religion and I have utmost faith in my religion. I visit the fire temple once every week.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Industries, The Week, April 20, 2008
“Mumbai was the city of mills during the ’50s and ’60s and for them horse racing was the only source of entertainment. Every Sunday, they would flock the racecourse and bet on their
favorite horse. But now, we have malls, multiplexes, etc.”
K. N. Dhunjibhoy, owner, Nanoli Stud Farm in Poona, Mumbai Mirror, April 6, 2008
“What I like best about cricket, not just Indian, is its literature, history and culture. What I dislike is the so-alled ‘glamourization’ when people who have no love or knowledge of cricket jump on the bandwagon just to make a quick buck.”
Gulu Ezekiel, sports columnist, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 7, 2008
“What could you expect from a nation whose mothers have a life
in perpetual infancy? Can these be mothers of heroes and
patriots and statesmen?”
Behramji M. Malabari, The Indian Problem (Bombay, 1894), quoted in The Parsees in India: A Minority as Agent of Social Change — Eckehard Kulke
“I’m quite the mad artist... honestly I don’t collect junk anymore. But I enjoy all the names that people give me... they even called me scraptor because at one point I made things only from scrap. Now I use authentic metal.”
Arzan Khambatta, sculptor, HT Cafe, July 27, 2007
“The very fact that this was the first city to celebrate the
page 3 class says much of the economy of the city. P3 really became a cultural cachet of sorts. It is a child of economic liberalization. It has then gone on to become the father, mother, godmother and the second cousin of economic liberalization. Because it keeps celebrating the individual. It is really about aspiration.”
Bachi Karkaria, journalist, Mumbai Mirror, December 30, 2007
Anu Aga, former chairperson, Thermax, The Week, April 20, 2008
“I don’t believe in spirituality. I don’t like the word and I don’t use it. I am a Zoroastrian by religion and I have utmost faith in my religion. I visit the fire temple once every week.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Industries, The Week, April 20, 2008
“Mumbai was the city of mills during the ’50s and ’60s and for them horse racing was the only source of entertainment. Every Sunday, they would flock the racecourse and bet on their
favorite horse. But now, we have malls, multiplexes, etc.”
K. N. Dhunjibhoy, owner, Nanoli Stud Farm in Poona, Mumbai Mirror, April 6, 2008
“What I like best about cricket, not just Indian, is its literature, history and culture. What I dislike is the so-alled ‘glamourization’ when people who have no love or knowledge of cricket jump on the bandwagon just to make a quick buck.”
Gulu Ezekiel, sports columnist, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 7, 2008
“What could you expect from a nation whose mothers have a life
in perpetual infancy? Can these be mothers of heroes and
patriots and statesmen?”
Behramji M. Malabari, The Indian Problem (Bombay, 1894), quoted in The Parsees in India: A Minority as Agent of Social Change — Eckehard Kulke
“I’m quite the mad artist... honestly I don’t collect junk anymore. But I enjoy all the names that people give me... they even called me scraptor because at one point I made things only from scrap. Now I use authentic metal.”
Arzan Khambatta, sculptor, HT Cafe, July 27, 2007
“The very fact that this was the first city to celebrate the
page 3 class says much of the economy of the city. P3 really became a cultural cachet of sorts. It is a child of economic liberalization. It has then gone on to become the father, mother, godmother and the second cousin of economic liberalization. Because it keeps celebrating the individual. It is really about aspiration.”
Bachi Karkaria, journalist, Mumbai Mirror, December 30, 2007
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