Quotes
So they say
"This isn’t the weather to wear it but I’ve pulled out
this three-piece suit — which I only wear in Europe —
especially for this occasion. I’ve also worn my Derby tie. Tell me, there is
British royalty visiting and our press arrives wearing
jeans? What does it say about
the Indian media?”
jeans? What does it say about
the Indian media?”
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman, Poonawalla Group,
DNA, November 12, 2013
"India has gone from a ‘must-invest’ to a ‘must-deal-with’ country.”
Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer, PepsiCo,
The Economic Times, November 12, 2013
"Life now is tough. When I’m out, there’s nobody at home to
receive couriers. Nobody to cook me the traditional Parsi food I grew up on.”
Novi Kapadia, sports commentator and professor at
Delhi’s Khalsa College, on being single, Hindustan Times, October 13, 2013
"The best-run Indian state has not done as well as
the worst-run Chinese state since 1980.”
Jim Rogers, chairman, Rogers Holding, Mint, November 15, 2013
"I have a name like Irani... no one in the party has ever asked
me what religion I practice.
Not just religion, age and gender doesn’t
matter in my party.”
matter in my party.”
Smriti Zubin Irani, vice president, Bharatiya Janata Party,
The Economic Times, November 1, 2013
"No autobiography can be completely truthful despite all
the protestations of the authors to the contrary.”
Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general of India, The Week,
July 28, 2013, clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
July 28, 2013, clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
"I am not particularly fussy about what cases I take up.
It doesn’t bother me what I do, but I do a lot. I just don’t like the day to end.”
Fali S. Nariman, former additional solicitor general of India, The Week,
July 28, 2013, clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
July 28, 2013, clipping submitted by reader Rashid Khosravi
"People still ask, ‘A brewery in Bihar? Are you sure?’
People go as far as saying, ‘Have you got armed guards?
Have you got kidnapping insurance?’... I feel completely safe there.”
Lord Karan Bilimoria, chairman, Cobra Beer,
The Indian Express, October 22, 2013
"The first act of creating architecture is not putting one
stone upon the other; it is putting a stone on the earth.”
Mario Botta, Swiss architect,
The Times of India, November 17, 2013
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