Quotes
So they say
“We are aware that demand (for the Nano car) is most likely to outstrip supply in the near term, because this is an interim launch, until the Sanand (Gujarat) facility
becomes fully operational. We would like to meet demand as soon as we can. Waiting too long for a car is like waiting too long for a pretty woman, who then
becomes fat and old.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Motors,
DNA, March 24, 2009
“We have told the Bombay Municipal Corporation that we will hand over the land to them. We are pulling down the gates, have gouged the name plate and are now putting up barricades
to protect our house. No
more courts, no more fighting.”
Dr Jehangir Sorabjee on the road
widening project on Nepean Sea
Road where Soli Sorabjee and his
family reside, The Times of India,
February 19, 2009
“Judges of the highest court
who have powers (of) life and
death over us citizens, judges
who can (and do) send people
to jail for contempt of its order must show that they too are amenable to good practice.
That is how they earn the
respect of us commoners.”
Fali S. Nariman, constitutional expert,
The Times of India, January 21, 2009
“Gays are either portrayed as comical, like in the movie Dostana, or they are highlighted in the tabloids for the ‘crimes’ committed in the gay community. The Indian media is yet to make a sensitive film like Philadelphia that normalizes the existence of homosexuals and deals with this issue with grace and dignity.”
Cyrus Dastur, veteran thespian, Bombay Times, February 26, 2009
“Only knowing how to sing, dance and act at the same time does not make a very good musical
performer... It always helps
when you go to school to get
a proper degree. Technique
and performance work hand
in hand. You may have a
wonderful voice and great acting skills, but you need to have
it polished for a real
Broadway-like performance.”
Delna Mody, musical performer,
DNA, March 24, 2009
“We men always put women
up there and judge them.
When I entered the industry
I was told that men don’t really need to be that great but
women need to be perfect;
I think it’s beyond time now
that our men start to look good because your audience today
is predominantly women.
So I think it’s important that
men look good as well.”
John Abraham, actor, whose mother is a Parsi, Mumbai Mirror, March 25, 2009
becomes fully operational. We would like to meet demand as soon as we can. Waiting too long for a car is like waiting too long for a pretty woman, who then
becomes fat and old.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Motors,
DNA, March 24, 2009
“We have told the Bombay Municipal Corporation that we will hand over the land to them. We are pulling down the gates, have gouged the name plate and are now putting up barricades
to protect our house. No
more courts, no more fighting.”
Dr Jehangir Sorabjee on the road
widening project on Nepean Sea
Road where Soli Sorabjee and his
family reside, The Times of India,
February 19, 2009
“Judges of the highest court
who have powers (of) life and
death over us citizens, judges
who can (and do) send people
to jail for contempt of its order must show that they too are amenable to good practice.
That is how they earn the
respect of us commoners.”
Fali S. Nariman, constitutional expert,
The Times of India, January 21, 2009
“Gays are either portrayed as comical, like in the movie Dostana, or they are highlighted in the tabloids for the ‘crimes’ committed in the gay community. The Indian media is yet to make a sensitive film like Philadelphia that normalizes the existence of homosexuals and deals with this issue with grace and dignity.”
Cyrus Dastur, veteran thespian, Bombay Times, February 26, 2009
“Only knowing how to sing, dance and act at the same time does not make a very good musical
performer... It always helps
when you go to school to get
a proper degree. Technique
and performance work hand
in hand. You may have a
wonderful voice and great acting skills, but you need to have
it polished for a real
Broadway-like performance.”
Delna Mody, musical performer,
DNA, March 24, 2009
“We men always put women
up there and judge them.
When I entered the industry
I was told that men don’t really need to be that great but
women need to be perfect;
I think it’s beyond time now
that our men start to look good because your audience today
is predominantly women.
So I think it’s important that
men look good as well.”
John Abraham, actor, whose mother is a Parsi, Mumbai Mirror, March 25, 2009
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