"There were 62 million seats that were sold in India in the year ending March 2012. During the same period, Ryanair Ltd, one airline in Europe, carried more than 80 million seats.”
Jeh Wadia, managing director, Go Airlines (India) Ltd and Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Limited, Mint, October 22, 2012
"Our profits are earned the old-fashioned way — by increasing revenue and keeping our costs under control.”
Tim Clark, president, Emirates, Mint, October 19, 2012
"The old Parsi and expat audience is decreasing now. I saw young people coming in. There is a perceptible difference.”
Khushroo Suntook, chairman, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mint, October 20, 2012
"We will most probably never be able to understand the origin of the universe. That’s the only question that is truly troublesome to me, the rest we will be able to figure out in a hundred years, (questions about) how we think, how we love... it will all follow from neuroscience, but not the origin of the universe.”
Prof Spenta Wadia, scientist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and director of its International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, The Gateway, August 14-20, 2012
"The L. N. Mishra murder case has meandered on for 37 years through 30 different judges, most of the witnesses have died, and yet the Supreme Court recently held that the system could not be blamed for the delay!”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, married to a Parsi, The Times of India, October 14, 2012
"For the middle class, interest rates do not decide (whether to buy a house or not). Affordability does.”
Keki Mistry, vice chairman and managing director, HDFC, The Economic Times, October 15, 2012
"I’ve done one movie and I never want to act again. People tell me I look cute in the film, but I know exactly what they mean (plump).”
Farah Khan, director, choreographer, actor and producer whose mother is a Parsi, Hindustan Times, September 17, 2012
"There used to be quite a few of us once upon a time. Even on my set, the crew just thought I am a mad bawa, which I think I am at some level. I am impulsive, but I am also confident that I know how to tell a story. People realize this guy is here to work. He’s not just a crazy bawa who can barely speak Hindi.”
Homi Adajania, filmmaker, Hindustan Times, July 1, 2012