Quotes

"We are all deeply saddened. 
This is an unimaginable tragedy 
that has resulted in the loss of so many lives. Words can be of no 
consolation right now... Our thoughts are with the families and loved 
ones of those who have lost their lives. The Tata Group stands in solidarity with those affected 
during these challenging times.” 

Keki Mistry, independent director, Tata 
Consultancy Services, Business Standard, June 20, 2025

"The spurt in migration to western countries and low birth rate have hit its (Kerala’s Catholic population) numerical strength. About five percent of the faithful have migrated to North America, Australia and Europe. They are unlikely to return. The late demographer K. C. Zachariah had predicted that the community would enter zero population regime, terming it the ‘Parsi Syndrome.’” 

The Economic Times, May 18, 2025, 
submitted by reader Geeta Doctor

"We must especially beware of 
that small group of selfish men 
who would clip the wings of the 
American Eagle in order to 
feather their own nests.” 

Franklin D. Roosevelt, US President,  
Dismantle the Oligarchy, January 1941 ,
 quoted on Instagram

"Our aerospace business is expanding to a new facility in Maharashtra... the 100-acre site is three times our current space. This greenfield 
project will transform barren 
land into two large plants, each spread across 650,000 sq ft, with provisions for a third in the future.”

Maneck Eddie Behramkamdin, 
executive vice president and business head, aerospace division, Godrej Enterprises Group, Business Standard, February 27, 2025

"Married women spend three hours 
39 minutes a day on food management; men spend just four minutes.”

Pragya Srivastava, editor, Plain Facts, 
Mint, May 29, 2025

"Is an iPhone a product or a service? The cost of the raw material content in an iPhone may be less than six dollars (Rs 512). The global transportation cost and labor content for each iPhone (components and finished product) may comprise another $ 150 (Rs 12,821) at most. Yet the phone sells for over $ 1,000 
(Rs 85,473). The bulk of an iPhone’s value, therefore, is not in matter 
but in thought — in intangibles.”

Dr Farok Contractor, Distinguished 
Professor, Rutgers Business School, 
GlobalBusiness.Blog

"A magazine once described me as a maverick. I actually had to look that up. It means breaking the mold, setting your own path. I think that fits.”

Roda Mehta, a doyen of Indian advertising, The Economic Times, April 25, 2025