"I remembered bird flu and my dad being in debt. When I started working we were in that space. After all these years, there was no way I was going back down to zero.”
Perizaad Zorabian, director, sales and
marketing, Zorabian Chicks, on the
challenges posed by the lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic, Mint, July 3, 2020
"We need passes for everything. We need a pass to bring people to work. A pass to source packing material. A pass to get the logistics providers in. Another pass to get a truck in and on its way to the customer. A pass even to take letter of credit documents to a bank or product certificates to a boiler inspector. Each takes time, and is variably interpreted by each
individual policeman.”
Naushad Forbes, chairman, Forbes Marshall, past president, Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman of Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research and Ananta Aspen Centre, on functioning during the pandemic, Business Standard, May 21, 2020
"(Vladimir) Putin’s extended term will be welcomed enthusiastically by some in Russian society, for example cosmetic surgeons.”
Henry Mance, columnist, Financial
Times, March 14-15, 2020
"Our soft drink business has been badly impacted, because this is not like noodles or biscuits which are consumed at all times. There are no guests, no parties, so no welcome drinks being offered.”
Piruz Khambatta, chairman and
managing director, Rasna, The Indian Express, June 6, 2020
"Here’s to strong women.
May we know them. May we
be them. May we raise them.”
Anahita N. Dhondy, chef-partner
SodaBottleOpenerWala, Hindustan
Times, March 22, 2020
"For a society that claims several thousand years of civilization,
why are our cities so ugly?”
Nawshir Mirza, independent director,
noted for his work toward improving
corporate governance, raising awareness on environmental issues, The Free
Press Journal, March 19, 2020
"The maximum torture happens between the time the police
apprehend a person to when
they actually record his arrest. I
call this the extra-legal stage.”
V. Suresh, Madras high court advocate
and national general secretary of the
People’s Union for Civil Liberties,
The Times of India, July 6, 2020
Byculla Club members "fought against the barbarism of fans in the dining room and when you sat, in came a hamaal with the traditional fan on a six-foot pole swaying it to and fro behind you at meals.”
Sir Stanley Reed, editor of The Times of India 1907-1924, mid-day, March 15, 2020