Quotes

"The span of one’s life is limited. What comes after death no one knows. Nor do I care. Since, therefore, I cannot increase the content of life by increasing its duration, I will increase it by increasing its intensity. Art, music, poetry and everything else... I do have this one purpose — increasing the intensity of my consciousness of life.”

Dr Homi Bhabha, nuclear physicist, from a note, Mumbai Mirror, June 21, 2015

"As charities are learning,
if you want to do good, you
have to do well.”

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

"What we are witnessing is a loss of the ovarian reserve which means women at a younger
age are hitting menopause.
We are also seeing a trend of
a fall of the sperm counts.”

Dr Firuza Parikh, director, Department of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics,
Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre,
DNA, February 21, 2015

"I want to be able to walk out
of the door and not have the
building fall down, not step on
garbage, find a school for my
kids, be able to get a job, get to work and get home and maybe
go out and have a good time
on a clean beach or at a concert
or something. It’s the little things that matter to most of us most
of the time. And that’s local
governments. It’s easier to
hold them accountable.”

Michael Bloomberg, billionaire-politician-activist and former mayor of New York City, The Times of India, February 18, 2015

"At the end of the day, you
have to size up the market and
go with your gut feeling. And by ‘gut feeling’ I mean an evolved thought process based on the
sum total of your experiences.”

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

"If you cannot let a man touch
you as a Miss, as a Mrs, you
cannot tell him not to touch.”

Shinie Antony, columnist, referring to
marital rape not being considered a crime,
The Economic Times, May 2, 2015

"India was known for good low-cost clinical trial registration. For us it is very important. We are doing trials all over the world, we have even gone to Bangladesh because the Indian government’s health ministry is giving a lot of trouble.”

Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman,
Poonawalla Group, Mint, June 11, 2015

"According to the Census 2011, there are about a 100 million
Indians over 60 years. That’s
more elderly people than in
Japan, Europe or the US.”

Kapil Mehta, financial analyst,
Mint, June 4, 2015