Quotes

"GiveWell, a non-profit organization researches charities active
in fields where there is strong evidence that great good can be done for a modest cost, such as cutting the incidence of malaria and treating children for parasites. The
most effective are published
in a list of ‘best buys.’”

The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, May 28, 2015

"No free man should be
imprisoned or deprived of his
property except by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.”

The Magna Carta quoted by R. Srinivasan, retired professor of politics, University of Bombay, Freedom First, March 2015

"The health ministry has totally failed in doing anything to streamline the pharma industry, which
is getting suffocated.”

Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman, Poonawalla Group, Mint, June 11, 2015
"Not everyone is cut out to
become an entrepreneur. You
don’t have to be born with it,
but you need to really want it.”

Ronnie Screwvala, former filmmaker and founder, UTV and Swades Foundation,
Mid Day, April 12, 2015

"History shows that most
acquisitions and mergers reduce, rather than add, value.”

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, whose late wife was a Parsi, The Economic
Times, June 10, 2015

"Half of India’s population deals with its difficult lives, because they are women — tough, courageous, resilient. Ah, yes, despite being terrorized by a ‘men-ace.’”

Bachi Karkaria, columnist,
The Times of India, June 11, 2015

"Do not isolate yourselves,
but rather be ever more united among yourselves as Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims. And that’s just your generation and your joy. You have a great vocation: never build walls, but only bridges. And this is the joy I find in you.”

Pope Francis speaking in Sarajevo,
Bosnia, submitted by reader Jehangir
Sarosh, June 13, 2015

"I’m not a branded person at
all. I don’t appreciate brands.
I don’t like the feeling of being
in a million bucks and looking
like rags myself. I prefer
wearing rags and looking
like a million bucks.”

Nawaz Modi Singhania, fitness trainer
and artist, DNA, April 27, 2014

"My father always said, never
trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their bookshelf.”

Emilia Clarke, actress, Reader’s Digest, October 2014