Quotes
So they say
“All that I can tell you is that it was the highest price ever paid
for a horse in recent times.”
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, on buying a 50 percent stake in one of the favorites for the Indian Derby, Hills and Stars,
Pune Mirror, January 15, 2012
“As we look ahead in 2012, the troubled times will most probably continue but many opportunities will also present themselves. Expansion schemes will need to be in sync with the current realities. We must however not be so ‘risk averse’ that we lose out on interesting opportunities that may present themselves
in various geographies.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, The Tata Group, in New Year message to employees, The Times of India, January 3, 2012
“If you can provide value-for-money products which are good in quality, which satisfy their requirements, then there is a huge market. For example, our hair color sachets sell for Rs 12 and they compete with international products which sell for Rs 300 — something difficult for most Indians to even think of, leave alone buy.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Consumer Products, DNA, January 23, 2011
“Indian carriers are going to post a combined loss of approximately Rs 10,000 crore plus this fiscal. The entire industry is suffering due to the high jet fuel cost and other infrastructural issues.”
Ness Wadia, managing director, GoAir, Mint, November 28, 2011
“Classical dance, music, theater were the traditional forms. But things are changing — nothing is static, otherwise it goes into a museum — and in that change, a lot of things are getting lost,
for better or for worse.”
Dadi Pudumjee, president, Union Internationale de la Marionette
and founder of the Ishara Puppet Theatre, The Sunday Express,
January 15, 2012
“There is room in most cultures for different genres of music
that serve the needs and tastes of different groups of people. Popular music can and does exist with classical forms, be it Indian or Western classical music.”
Saker Mistri, executive committee member, Mehli Mehta Music
Foundation, The Free Press Journal, January 22, 2012
“As Chicago mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former mayor Daley, ‘I’m not glad he’s dead, but I’m glad he’s gone.’”
Nisha Susan, Tehelka, October 22, 2011
for a horse in recent times.”
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, on buying a 50 percent stake in one of the favorites for the Indian Derby, Hills and Stars,
Pune Mirror, January 15, 2012
“As we look ahead in 2012, the troubled times will most probably continue but many opportunities will also present themselves. Expansion schemes will need to be in sync with the current realities. We must however not be so ‘risk averse’ that we lose out on interesting opportunities that may present themselves
in various geographies.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, The Tata Group, in New Year message to employees, The Times of India, January 3, 2012
“If you can provide value-for-money products which are good in quality, which satisfy their requirements, then there is a huge market. For example, our hair color sachets sell for Rs 12 and they compete with international products which sell for Rs 300 — something difficult for most Indians to even think of, leave alone buy.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Consumer Products, DNA, January 23, 2011
“Indian carriers are going to post a combined loss of approximately Rs 10,000 crore plus this fiscal. The entire industry is suffering due to the high jet fuel cost and other infrastructural issues.”
Ness Wadia, managing director, GoAir, Mint, November 28, 2011
“Classical dance, music, theater were the traditional forms. But things are changing — nothing is static, otherwise it goes into a museum — and in that change, a lot of things are getting lost,
for better or for worse.”
Dadi Pudumjee, president, Union Internationale de la Marionette
and founder of the Ishara Puppet Theatre, The Sunday Express,
January 15, 2012
“There is room in most cultures for different genres of music
that serve the needs and tastes of different groups of people. Popular music can and does exist with classical forms, be it Indian or Western classical music.”
Saker Mistri, executive committee member, Mehli Mehta Music
Foundation, The Free Press Journal, January 22, 2012
“As Chicago mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former mayor Daley, ‘I’m not glad he’s dead, but I’m glad he’s gone.’”
Nisha Susan, Tehelka, October 22, 2011
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