Quotes
So they say
“Currently the company has
20 million sq ft under construction. We are looking to doubling this in the next few months. In five years’ time the real estate business
will be our biggest business.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group, Times Property, June 9, 2007
“According to Sir Rustom
P. Masani, (Mahatma) Gandhi is
‘the apostolic heir and successor
to the place occupied by
Dadabhai (Naoroji) in the heart
of the people of India.’
Coincidentally in South Bombay, Mahatma Gandhi (M. G.) Road begins where Dadabhai Naoroji
(D. N.) Road ends. Indeed, the true test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.”
Dadabhai Naoroji — The Promise of India by Noshir H. Dadrawala
“Ratan has lived in the same flat (in Bakhtawar in Bombay’s Colaba area) for over three decades and enjoys the life-style of a senior manager in an old-style boxwallah company. L. N. (Mittal) owns the most expensive house in London, one of the most expensive houses in Delhi (though God knows how much time he spends there), a villa in St Moritz, a very nice yacht, several planes and is not shy of extravagance,
as anyone who followed the
saga of his daughter’s wedding
will recognize.”
Vir Sanghvi, columnist, Sunday Hindustan Times, February 4, 2007
“According to the Guinness Book
of Records (1988), the longest recorded marriage lasted 86
years, from 1853 to 1940, between Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman and Lady Nariman, resulting from a cousin marriage when both were five. Sir Temulji was born on September 3, 1848 and died in August 1940 in Bombay.”
FEZANA Journal - Winter 2005
“Buses are so difficult to climb
on to. They are dangerous as
there is always a huge crowd waiting for a bus. By the time
one waits for the crowd to thin
a little, the bus moves on. How
do we travel in the city?
Gool H. Bhujwala, senior citizen,
Mumbai Mirror, July 10, 2006
“The travel agency is a brick-and-mortar setup that offers you personalized travel services. Mind you, you will not be able to get answers to your specific questions online. Above all, your travel agent offers
a human face-to-face contact that the Internet cannot offer you.”
Jehangir Katgara, former director, Travel Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd,
Business Barons, November 2006
20 million sq ft under construction. We are looking to doubling this in the next few months. In five years’ time the real estate business
will be our biggest business.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group, Times Property, June 9, 2007
“According to Sir Rustom
P. Masani, (Mahatma) Gandhi is
‘the apostolic heir and successor
to the place occupied by
Dadabhai (Naoroji) in the heart
of the people of India.’
Coincidentally in South Bombay, Mahatma Gandhi (M. G.) Road begins where Dadabhai Naoroji
(D. N.) Road ends. Indeed, the true test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.”
Dadabhai Naoroji — The Promise of India by Noshir H. Dadrawala
“Ratan has lived in the same flat (in Bakhtawar in Bombay’s Colaba area) for over three decades and enjoys the life-style of a senior manager in an old-style boxwallah company. L. N. (Mittal) owns the most expensive house in London, one of the most expensive houses in Delhi (though God knows how much time he spends there), a villa in St Moritz, a very nice yacht, several planes and is not shy of extravagance,
as anyone who followed the
saga of his daughter’s wedding
will recognize.”
Vir Sanghvi, columnist, Sunday Hindustan Times, February 4, 2007
“According to the Guinness Book
of Records (1988), the longest recorded marriage lasted 86
years, from 1853 to 1940, between Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman and Lady Nariman, resulting from a cousin marriage when both were five. Sir Temulji was born on September 3, 1848 and died in August 1940 in Bombay.”
FEZANA Journal - Winter 2005
“Buses are so difficult to climb
on to. They are dangerous as
there is always a huge crowd waiting for a bus. By the time
one waits for the crowd to thin
a little, the bus moves on. How
do we travel in the city?
Gool H. Bhujwala, senior citizen,
Mumbai Mirror, July 10, 2006
“The travel agency is a brick-and-mortar setup that offers you personalized travel services. Mind you, you will not be able to get answers to your specific questions online. Above all, your travel agent offers
a human face-to-face contact that the Internet cannot offer you.”
Jehangir Katgara, former director, Travel Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd,
Business Barons, November 2006
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