Quotes

"In the past, the mapping would
be done based on explorers’
records and the process would take place long after the expedition. At times, places would be marked incorrectly or the cartographer would leave a blank space to denote unexplored territory... Mistakes made in one map tended
to be repeated in later maps as well.”

Dilnavaz Mehta, art historian, Rare Finds, Mid-Day, December 1, 2014

"K. F. Nariman is no longer known as anything more than a tourist point but he led the Congress
before World War II. As a Parsi,
he represented the best of
Bombay’s cosmopolitan culture.”

Lord Meghnad Desai, columnist, The Indian Express, November 30, 2014

"I was speaking to a friend who has a son in his late 20s. I asked her whether he was planning to get married; she told me it is too early.”

Piroj Wadia quoted by Manoj Nair in
his column on the Jiyo Parsi program,
Hindustan Times, November 14, 2014

"Young lawyers should
understand that the better lawyer
is not an adversarial, argumentative, abrasive one. He/she is a
very well knowledgeable,
honest and facilitating lawyer.”

Zia Mody, managing partner, AZB
Partners, DNA, November 29, 2014

"Apart from some M&As (mergers and acquisitions) there isn’t much evidence of revival. What we need is for the government to write down penalties, and more importantly,
for banks to write down debt.”

Noshir Kaka, managing director,
McKinsey India, The Economic Times, December 1, 2014

"Its (Calcutta’s Statesman) MD (managing director), C. (Cusrow) R. Irani, strutted the world in his sartorial trademark of several fancy pens tucked into the sleeve of his grey safari suit. ’Twas said they represented the number of countries whose press freedom he was currently championing.”

Bachi Karkaria, columnist, The Times
of India, November 27, 2014

"The system is so bad that
many don’t have a choice but to
be dishonest. There is so much ambivalence in laws, and its
interpretation. It makes me
very angry with the system.”

Anu Aga, former chairperson, Thermax
Limited and current Rajya Sabha member, The Economic Times, November 4, 2014

"Today we are talking about nuclear tests. Lakhs of years ago, Sage Kanad had conducted a nuclear test. Our knowledge and science do not lack anything.”

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Bharatiya
Janata Party Member of Parliament and
former Uttarakhand chief minister, The Indian Express, December 4, 2014