Quotes
So they say
“You have to have a bit of a holy man and a bit of a rascal
in you to succeed in politics and there is always a clash
when you have to be both.”
Darius Forbes, chairman, Forbes Marshall, The Economic Times, April 6, 2012
“This time around most developers have learnt the lesson and for every high end project that they have done, most of them also have a middle income group project, low end project.”
Keki Mistry, HDFC’s additional director, Mint, April 16, 2012
“A slower-growing India will be more financially vulnerable, poorer, full of frustrated young people and taken less seriously
by the rest of the world. India’s political class will not
enjoy the consequences. India is a place that has fallen out
of love with reform. It needs to get the magic back.”
Jorge Mario Sanchez, CEEC (Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission),
The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, March 29, 2012
“It would be for purely altruistic and philanthropic reasons and definitely not for commercial gains. As my lead actor Ayushmann says, if we can donate blood to blood banks to save a life, why can’t we
donate sperms to give a life?”
John Abraham, actor, referring to the film Vicky Donor, Abraham’s mother is a Parsi, Hindustan Times, April 12, 2012
“The ground reality is if they publish only news nobody will
read their newspaper.”
Sarosh H. Kapadia, Chief Justice of India, Mint, March 29, 2012
“I got married in 1991, but have done away with the sudreh and kusti on only two days till date — during the caesarean section delivery of my two children.”
Goolrookh Gupta, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“Mere embarrassment to the counsel or judge is not good enough a reason to stop the media from reporting a case.”
Soli Sorabjee, senior advocate, on framing guidelines for reporting
of cases in the media, The Indian Express, March 28, 2012
“The definition of whisky within Europe, and in the US, is that of a spirit made from cereal, which retains the smell and taste of that material. India is different because of historical reasons that certain spirits are made in one way and certain others in another. But they are all generally called whisky.”
Peter Gordon, chairman, William Grants & Sons, The Economic Times, April 9, 2012
in you to succeed in politics and there is always a clash
when you have to be both.”
Darius Forbes, chairman, Forbes Marshall, The Economic Times, April 6, 2012
“This time around most developers have learnt the lesson and for every high end project that they have done, most of them also have a middle income group project, low end project.”
Keki Mistry, HDFC’s additional director, Mint, April 16, 2012
“A slower-growing India will be more financially vulnerable, poorer, full of frustrated young people and taken less seriously
by the rest of the world. India’s political class will not
enjoy the consequences. India is a place that has fallen out
of love with reform. It needs to get the magic back.”
Jorge Mario Sanchez, CEEC (Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission),
The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, March 29, 2012
“It would be for purely altruistic and philanthropic reasons and definitely not for commercial gains. As my lead actor Ayushmann says, if we can donate blood to blood banks to save a life, why can’t we
donate sperms to give a life?”
John Abraham, actor, referring to the film Vicky Donor, Abraham’s mother is a Parsi, Hindustan Times, April 12, 2012
“The ground reality is if they publish only news nobody will
read their newspaper.”
Sarosh H. Kapadia, Chief Justice of India, Mint, March 29, 2012
“I got married in 1991, but have done away with the sudreh and kusti on only two days till date — during the caesarean section delivery of my two children.”
Goolrookh Gupta, Mid Day, April 1, 2012
“Mere embarrassment to the counsel or judge is not good enough a reason to stop the media from reporting a case.”
Soli Sorabjee, senior advocate, on framing guidelines for reporting
of cases in the media, The Indian Express, March 28, 2012
“The definition of whisky within Europe, and in the US, is that of a spirit made from cereal, which retains the smell and taste of that material. India is different because of historical reasons that certain spirits are made in one way and certain others in another. But they are all generally called whisky.”
Peter Gordon, chairman, William Grants & Sons, The Economic Times, April 9, 2012
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