Quotes

"We all want to protect the
environment — but if a businessman needs 50 to 60 permits,
that delays and eventually
kills a lot of projects.”

Nadir Godrej, chairman, CII National
Committee on Chemicals, The Times of India, September 8, 2014

"The minute we start staging plays that are 50 years old, we cut our audience by half. It’s the same for Parsi theater. We’ve revived the genre with our set of original plays over the past few years.”

Meherzad Patel, theater director-producer, Silly Point Productions, Hindustan Times, September 16, 2014

"This country (Britain) wouldn’t be where it is without the contributions of ethnic and religious minorities.”

Lord Karan Bilimoria, India-born Cobra
beer entrepreneur, The Economic
Times, September 2, 2014
"In the final choice, a soldier’s
pack is not so heavy a burden
as a prisoner’s chains.”

US President Dwight Eisenhower in his Inaugural Address, quoted in Freedom First, February 1953 and September 2014 issues

"Despite the fact that NGOs (nongovernmental organizations)
fill in the large gaps in the government’s delivery system, the
Home Ministry is almost ever
ready to classify NGOs as ‘trouble
makers,’ ‘anti-development,’
‘anti-establishment’... give them
a bad name and ban them!”

Noshir Dadrawala, chief executive,
Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy, Annual Report 2013-2014

"During the interview, I told her (principal of the catering college
Thangam Philip) that I could rustle up a couple of dishes. She asked me whether I knew how to make dhansak. When I finished rattling off the entire recipe, she told
me I was selected.”

Farrokh Khambata, founder and
owner, Catering and Allied, Mid-Day,
August 24, 2014

"The group of state ministers
concerned are likely to visit
China and Russia shortly to
study the intricacies. It is baffling
as to what these two countries, which have authoritarian
governments, have to offer to
a democratic society like ours.”

Minoo R. Shroff, president, Forum of Free Enterprise, The Union Budget 2014-2015

"We tied up with Sony Music thinking that they would do a fast job (bringing out CDs). They are going slow. Sales of classical music are absolutely slow everywhere.”

Khushroo N. Suntook, chairman,
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mint, August 16, 2014