Quotes
So they say
“At the end of the day, you must like what you do, because if you enjoy what you do, you never have to ‘work’ a single day in your life.”
Benazir Vakil, associate head, The Big Umbrella Preschool, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, August 11, 2011
“Foreign firms will enter. You cannot stop their entry with or without WTO (World Trade Organisation). It will lead to a level playing field. Already, Indian law firms have joint collaborations with foreign firms on a deal-to-deal basis. There will be a
shake-up in the sector.”
Zia Mody, co-founder, AZB and Partners, The Times of India,
August 6, 2011
“In my estimation there was no architect or engineer in the second half of the 19th century who could rival the length, depth, and diversity of Khan Bahadur Muncherji Cowasji Murzban’s almost half-century involvement in the construction of colonial Bombay’s public buildings and infrastructure.”
Preeti Chopra, A joint enterprise: Indian elite and the making of
British Bombay, quoted by Simin Patel Hamazor, Issue 3, 2011
“During this season a team of Parsi cricketers paid us a visit, but met with little success, even against second and third-rate clubs.”
W. G. Grace, iconic English cricketer, on the first visit of the Parsi cricket team to UK in 1886, Mint, July 23, 2011
“It was not with any object of gaining victories that we made the voyage to England, but we decided to pay homage to the center and home of a noble game, and we desired to learn some useful lessons in its play.”
D. H. Patel, captain, on his cricket team’s first visit to UK in 1886, Mint, July 23, 2011
“The quarterly growth figures in Asia have been declining
during the year and it is expected that both China and India will register lower growth rates in 2011-12. There is therefore, a likelihood of a general slowdown in industrial activity in Asia compared to the growth rates achieved over the past few years and possibly a noticeable drop in consumer demand for goods and services.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Group, in a message to shareholders in Tata Motors’ annual report, The Indian Express, July 19, 2011
“There isn’t much evidence that a return to patriarchy will
bolster fertility. After all, some of the societies where the birthrates are plummeting the fastest — Japan or Italy — are the ones where women have made the least social and economic progress.”
Chrystia Freeland, Reuters, The Indian Express, August 2, 2011
Benazir Vakil, associate head, The Big Umbrella Preschool, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, August 11, 2011
“Foreign firms will enter. You cannot stop their entry with or without WTO (World Trade Organisation). It will lead to a level playing field. Already, Indian law firms have joint collaborations with foreign firms on a deal-to-deal basis. There will be a
shake-up in the sector.”
Zia Mody, co-founder, AZB and Partners, The Times of India,
August 6, 2011
“In my estimation there was no architect or engineer in the second half of the 19th century who could rival the length, depth, and diversity of Khan Bahadur Muncherji Cowasji Murzban’s almost half-century involvement in the construction of colonial Bombay’s public buildings and infrastructure.”
Preeti Chopra, A joint enterprise: Indian elite and the making of
British Bombay, quoted by Simin Patel Hamazor, Issue 3, 2011
“During this season a team of Parsi cricketers paid us a visit, but met with little success, even against second and third-rate clubs.”
W. G. Grace, iconic English cricketer, on the first visit of the Parsi cricket team to UK in 1886, Mint, July 23, 2011
“It was not with any object of gaining victories that we made the voyage to England, but we decided to pay homage to the center and home of a noble game, and we desired to learn some useful lessons in its play.”
D. H. Patel, captain, on his cricket team’s first visit to UK in 1886, Mint, July 23, 2011
“The quarterly growth figures in Asia have been declining
during the year and it is expected that both China and India will register lower growth rates in 2011-12. There is therefore, a likelihood of a general slowdown in industrial activity in Asia compared to the growth rates achieved over the past few years and possibly a noticeable drop in consumer demand for goods and services.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Group, in a message to shareholders in Tata Motors’ annual report, The Indian Express, July 19, 2011
“There isn’t much evidence that a return to patriarchy will
bolster fertility. After all, some of the societies where the birthrates are plummeting the fastest — Japan or Italy — are the ones where women have made the least social and economic progress.”
Chrystia Freeland, Reuters, The Indian Express, August 2, 2011
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