Quotes
So they say
“Unlike Bombay, where the blessings of friendly political and institutional establishments allows developers to hold on to their prices, the free market economy of Dubai has no such cushion to fall back on.”
Percy Dastur, Dubai based management consultant, DNA, May 10, 2011
“This year over a third of our revenues came from our international business. Compared to any other Indian company that’s fairly large. The basic tenet of strategy is always start from a strong core.”
Vivek Gambhir, chief strategy officer, Godrej Industries,
The Economic Times, April 27, 2011
“On the customer relations side, most moved to private
banks initially because there was a generation change as youngsters thought otherwise and hence private banks had
an advantage for few years. But the level of trust, and I feel banking is nothing but trust, will always be with (the) public sector.”
Hoshang N. Sinor, chairman, The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, April 18, 2011
“Actors should allow us to do our jobs instead of getting injured and forcing shoots to be cancelled.”
Sanober Pardiwala, stuntwoman in Bollywood, The Times of India,
May 1, 2011
“I had an inkling that (Shiamak would) turn into a performer since he was into dance and music from an early age. Back then, people ridiculed him... what is a boy doing dancing? But my husband and I let him be. Our only condition was that he first complete his graduation before moving on to anything else.”
Puran Davar, Shiamak’s mother and principal of Davar’s College,
Sunday Mid Day, May 8, 2011
“It’s okay for TV to have color, but photography is
aesthetic. I prefer the soothing nature and tonal
values of black and white.”
Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman press photographer, The Times of India, February 27, 2011
“My country is poor but why is it ignorant?”
Saadat Hasan Manto, fiction writer, quoted by Ayesha Jalal, professor
of history at Tufts University in Pakistan: Beyond the “Crisis State,” The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, May 11, 2011
“Those of you planning to throw shoes at public
figures — can you please throw both since you can’t
do anything with only one, neither can we.”
Omar Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, DNA, June 7, 2011
Percy Dastur, Dubai based management consultant, DNA, May 10, 2011
“This year over a third of our revenues came from our international business. Compared to any other Indian company that’s fairly large. The basic tenet of strategy is always start from a strong core.”
Vivek Gambhir, chief strategy officer, Godrej Industries,
The Economic Times, April 27, 2011
“On the customer relations side, most moved to private
banks initially because there was a generation change as youngsters thought otherwise and hence private banks had
an advantage for few years. But the level of trust, and I feel banking is nothing but trust, will always be with (the) public sector.”
Hoshang N. Sinor, chairman, The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, April 18, 2011
“Actors should allow us to do our jobs instead of getting injured and forcing shoots to be cancelled.”
Sanober Pardiwala, stuntwoman in Bollywood, The Times of India,
May 1, 2011
“I had an inkling that (Shiamak would) turn into a performer since he was into dance and music from an early age. Back then, people ridiculed him... what is a boy doing dancing? But my husband and I let him be. Our only condition was that he first complete his graduation before moving on to anything else.”
Puran Davar, Shiamak’s mother and principal of Davar’s College,
Sunday Mid Day, May 8, 2011
“It’s okay for TV to have color, but photography is
aesthetic. I prefer the soothing nature and tonal
values of black and white.”
Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman press photographer, The Times of India, February 27, 2011
“My country is poor but why is it ignorant?”
Saadat Hasan Manto, fiction writer, quoted by Ayesha Jalal, professor
of history at Tufts University in Pakistan: Beyond the “Crisis State,” The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, May 11, 2011
“Those of you planning to throw shoes at public
figures — can you please throw both since you can’t
do anything with only one, neither can we.”
Omar Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, DNA, June 7, 2011
◆ ◆ ◆
From the archive