Quotes

"People told us that we should have more Indian instrumentalists. But that’s rubbish. This is
a qualitative art form. If we had done that, the SOI (Symphony Orchestra of India) wouldn’t
have become one of the best
orchestras in South Asia.”

Zane Dalal, conductor, Hindustan
Times, February 29, 2015

"We have sustained because the population has grown, income
levels have gone up. The people who come here, they go to a McDonald’s also. If it’s two days a week there, then the other two days they come here.”

Farokh Shokriye, Kyani & Co, Irani
café, Mint, February 4, 2016

"If you don’t know how to extract the gold, then you just own mud.”

Dinshaw Avari, founder, Avari Hotels,
G2, April-May 2015, submitted by
reader Rashid Khosravi
"One hopes when the new policy
is introduced it will be free of discrimination and protectionism, so that Indian aviation can grow
for the benefit of the consumer
and the common man — and not
to serve the interests of select
beneficiaries of protectionism.”

Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus,
Tata Group, Mint, February 22, 2016

"Laws are made more and
more draconian in order to try
and get the large borrower to pay but the small borrower gets crushed under this law. So we need a better balance.”

Dr Raghuram G. Rajan, governor,
Reserve Bank of India, The Thirteenth
Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Lecture,
February 2016

"Sedition is not made an offence in order to minister to the wounded vanity of governments!”

Fali Nariman, eminent jurist and senior
advocate, Supreme Court, quoting a
founding father, of the constitution, The Indian Express, February 17, 2016

"Whether he wears a tilak or a beard, a fascist is a fascist.”

Moni Mohsin, writer, The Times of
India, February 21, 2016

"As a constitutional lawyer, I have great hope that the institution
(judiciary) will always stand up
to the great task of guarding
fundamental rights, and
speaking as a priest, I pray
for the same to happen.”

Justice Rohinton Nariman,
Supreme Court judge, The Times
of India, March 6, 2016

"Elegance is not standing out,
but being remembered.”

Giorgio Armani, quoted by Manas
Chakravarty, Hindustan Times,
March 13, 2016