Quotes
So they say
“We cannot replace the lives
that have been lost and we will never forget the terrifying events of last night, but we must stand together, shoulder-to-shoulder as citizens of India, and rebuild what has been destroyed.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Sons and Indian Hotels Company (Taj), The Economic Times, November 28, 2008
“It is an extremely sad situation given the loss of lives and the damage. But we have seen in the past that despite such tragedies, Bombay will bounce back and show its usual resilience.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej
Group, The Economic Times,
November 28, 2008
“We can always rebuild brick
and mortar, it is the loss of human life that saddens us, which includes that of Tata employees, our guests and others. But such inhuman acts will not weaken our spirit.”
Percy Siganporia, managing director,
Tata Tea, The Economic Times,
November 28, 2008
“We’ll have to end the concert by 10 p.m. Apparently, there is supposed to be no noise after 10, and these days we’re classified as noise. But there is no more beautiful noise than Placido Domingo.”
Zubin Mehta, music maestro, The Indian Express, October 10, 2008
“America sneezes and we catch
a cold. June and July were
good months, but in September things started souring. I can only hold these prices until December. I’m lucky if I’m over the red but I hope things change.”
Jehangir Lawyer, supplier of premium
food products, Hindustan Times,
October 11, 2008
“I have hardly spent a lakh, and feel I have overspent! It’s my own money, no donor, group or company is subsidizing me. My cost per vote is hardly 10 rupees — for others it’s thousands of rupees. I’m disappointed candidates feel the need to spend so much. You must earn your votes — not buy them.”
Phiroze Amroliwalla, social activist and unsuccessful Bombay Parsi Punchayet trusteeship candidate, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, October 17, 2008
“There’s also the famous
tale of (Pesi Ginwala’s) pug
being fed a teaspoon of cognac every night. Staying at a fashionable hotel in Kashmir, Hilla
his vivacious wife, asked the maître’d to give the pug its nightcap. The man did so and the dog spat it out. It was Beehive brandy instead of Rémy Martin.”
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, author,
Calcutta Gavashni, April-June 2008
that have been lost and we will never forget the terrifying events of last night, but we must stand together, shoulder-to-shoulder as citizens of India, and rebuild what has been destroyed.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Sons and Indian Hotels Company (Taj), The Economic Times, November 28, 2008
“It is an extremely sad situation given the loss of lives and the damage. But we have seen in the past that despite such tragedies, Bombay will bounce back and show its usual resilience.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej
Group, The Economic Times,
November 28, 2008
“We can always rebuild brick
and mortar, it is the loss of human life that saddens us, which includes that of Tata employees, our guests and others. But such inhuman acts will not weaken our spirit.”
Percy Siganporia, managing director,
Tata Tea, The Economic Times,
November 28, 2008
“We’ll have to end the concert by 10 p.m. Apparently, there is supposed to be no noise after 10, and these days we’re classified as noise. But there is no more beautiful noise than Placido Domingo.”
Zubin Mehta, music maestro, The Indian Express, October 10, 2008
“America sneezes and we catch
a cold. June and July were
good months, but in September things started souring. I can only hold these prices until December. I’m lucky if I’m over the red but I hope things change.”
Jehangir Lawyer, supplier of premium
food products, Hindustan Times,
October 11, 2008
“I have hardly spent a lakh, and feel I have overspent! It’s my own money, no donor, group or company is subsidizing me. My cost per vote is hardly 10 rupees — for others it’s thousands of rupees. I’m disappointed candidates feel the need to spend so much. You must earn your votes — not buy them.”
Phiroze Amroliwalla, social activist and unsuccessful Bombay Parsi Punchayet trusteeship candidate, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, October 17, 2008
“There’s also the famous
tale of (Pesi Ginwala’s) pug
being fed a teaspoon of cognac every night. Staying at a fashionable hotel in Kashmir, Hilla
his vivacious wife, asked the maître’d to give the pug its nightcap. The man did so and the dog spat it out. It was Beehive brandy instead of Rémy Martin.”
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, author,
Calcutta Gavashni, April-June 2008
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