Quotes
So they say
“As regards the next generation of industrialists, I don’t know.
Look at the Ambanis, for instance, they are too busy fighting among themselves to worry about philanthropy. I think they’ll have to reach the ripe old age of 80 before they think of such things!”
R. M. Lala, author and former director of Sir Dorab Tata Trust, Mumbai Mirror, August 9, 2009
“When Henry Ford was asked why he pays his workers so much, he said how else will they buy my cars? In a country like India, which is planning so much development, a business cannot prosper until
the population prospers.”
Nadir Godrej, managing director, Godrej Industries,
Business India, November 1, 2009
“If you churn out thousands of prints in a printing press, they will be of an inferior quality and will be highly commercialized.
But a limited edition of prints is definitely of value.”
Pheroza Godrej, art gallery owner, DNA, October 13, 2009
“If you look at the dances of Helen, for example, the shots
would be very long, so you got to properly see the dance. Today the dance no longer exists as much as it did before. They
keep cutting and editing every five seconds. If people today
really want to show choreography, they have to show the dance,
show the movement. But mostlyI find that whatever movement they do show is very repetitive, everything looks the same.”
Shiamak Davar, the guru of contemporary Indian dance,
DNA, September 20, 2009
“Can you imagine we only sold sapats for the first 100 years?”
Tanaz Kerawalla, owner, Kerawalla and Company,
The Indian Express, August 16, 2009
“It shocked me to learn that 10 percent of new cases in HIV are
due to contaminated medical instruments.”
Trity Pourbahrami, consultant on attending a seminar on the
status of women, FEZANA Journal, Summer 2009
“I find them (fashion shows today) too short, a bit cut-and-dry, and, dare I say, very heartless. In our day, fashion was about music,
dance, theater.”
Jeannie Naoroji, India’s first fashion choreographer,
Vogue India, August 2009
“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend
on the support of Paul.”
George Bernard Shaw quoted by columnist and television
newsman Karan Thapar, Hindustan Times, September 27, 2009
Look at the Ambanis, for instance, they are too busy fighting among themselves to worry about philanthropy. I think they’ll have to reach the ripe old age of 80 before they think of such things!”
R. M. Lala, author and former director of Sir Dorab Tata Trust, Mumbai Mirror, August 9, 2009
“When Henry Ford was asked why he pays his workers so much, he said how else will they buy my cars? In a country like India, which is planning so much development, a business cannot prosper until
the population prospers.”
Nadir Godrej, managing director, Godrej Industries,
Business India, November 1, 2009
“If you churn out thousands of prints in a printing press, they will be of an inferior quality and will be highly commercialized.
But a limited edition of prints is definitely of value.”
Pheroza Godrej, art gallery owner, DNA, October 13, 2009
“If you look at the dances of Helen, for example, the shots
would be very long, so you got to properly see the dance. Today the dance no longer exists as much as it did before. They
keep cutting and editing every five seconds. If people today
really want to show choreography, they have to show the dance,
show the movement. But mostlyI find that whatever movement they do show is very repetitive, everything looks the same.”
Shiamak Davar, the guru of contemporary Indian dance,
DNA, September 20, 2009
“Can you imagine we only sold sapats for the first 100 years?”
Tanaz Kerawalla, owner, Kerawalla and Company,
The Indian Express, August 16, 2009
“It shocked me to learn that 10 percent of new cases in HIV are
due to contaminated medical instruments.”
Trity Pourbahrami, consultant on attending a seminar on the
status of women, FEZANA Journal, Summer 2009
“I find them (fashion shows today) too short, a bit cut-and-dry, and, dare I say, very heartless. In our day, fashion was about music,
dance, theater.”
Jeannie Naoroji, India’s first fashion choreographer,
Vogue India, August 2009
“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend
on the support of Paul.”
George Bernard Shaw quoted by columnist and television
newsman Karan Thapar, Hindustan Times, September 27, 2009
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