Quotes

"Everything is not based on faith but also on analysis and reason.”

Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the Tibetan
people, The Times of India, November 13, 2020

"We worked together in Sultanat (1986). I was designing Sridevi’s costumes, and she (designer Bhanu Athaiya) for the rest of the cast. She came to me and said, ‘Xerxes, thodi toh history ko daad diya karo (have some regard for history).’
I said ‘Kaun dekhta hai (who cares)? I have to make the
actress look glamorous.’ But,
she was a perfectionist who
would research immensely.”

Xerxes Bhathena, designer, on the late Oscar winner costume designer, Bhanu Athaiya, mid-day, October 16, 2020

"No phones are allowed on the table and family time has to be
valued. And as a result, the kids learn so much. It’s like a mini
board meeting every day.”

Natasha Poonawalla, executive
director, Serum Institute of India,
Hindustan Times, August 9, 2020

"I just realized that I am such a family person that going ahead, neither do I want nor will I
have the kind of social life I
did earlier. Life is 10% what
happens to you and 90%
what you make of it.”

Boman Irani, chairman and managing
director, Rustomjee Group, Business
Standard, August 10, 2020

"Criminalizing journalists for a
story is just one step short of
criminalizing journalism itself.”

Editorial, The Indian Express,
October 26, 2020

"I happen to be the current
chairman of these trusts. It
could be somebody else, not
necessarily with the surname ‘Tata,’ in the future. An individual’s life is finite, whereas these
organizations will continue.”

Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Trusts and chairman emeritus, Tata Sons, The
Economic Times, July 21, 2020

"When a pandemic comes
knocking, one fact is made
starkly clear — there is no
economic security in urban India, only limited opportunities.”

Varun Gandhi, member of parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party, grandson of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, The Economic
Times, July 3, 2020

"Many countries with relatively
ethical politics today did not look that different from India a
hundred years ago.”

Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow,
American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, The Times of India, July 25, 2020