“If we want it to deepen democracy and advance social justice, philanthropy must also become more just and democratic in its own internal workings, by sharing decision making with the subjects of social change and pulling back from the boasting and bluster that are so often associated with big donations. Philanthropy works best as a support, not a control system, for broad-based participation in social change.”
Michael Edwards, senior fellow, Demos, nonpartisan public policy research and advocacy organization in New York,
Mint, February 14, 2011
“Big-time charity should tackle things that may fail. If you are succeeding with everything you have taken on, you may have chosen what is too easy.”
Warren Buffet, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Mint, March 23, 2011
“New Delhi’s done so well with the Metro and the airport. Now it needs a concert hall, and not only for western classical music.”
Zubin Mehta, music conductor, The Times of India, March 28, 2011
“There are beautiful people and places, but for me, the most important thing is to capture the mood and the moment. If that is gone, no matter how beautiful the subject, it will not have any warmth. This picture jumps out at you because of its candidness.”
Boman Irani, actor and former photographer, Mumbai Mirrior,
March 6, 2011
“Art just happens through me, there is absolutely no planning
or thought process involved. It flows from the heart onto the canvas. So, every time I start a new painting, it is like going on an unknown adventure, asI don’t know where it will lead
me or how it will end.”
Hufreesh Dumasia, Auroville, artist, The Times of India,
February 26, 2011
“I have been to so many places on assignment where there were
no arrangements for me but I always knew that somebody or something would help me.”
Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman press photographer, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, March 4, 2011
“Extreme care must be taken when appointing a person to the higher judiciary but, once appointed, its serving members must not be traumatized with the prospect of complaints by anyone and everyone. In the end this will only make judges more populist, and necessarily less fearless. And in these times we do need fearless judges.”
Fali S. Nariman, jurist, The Indian Express, March 8, 2011
“You have to work out consistently and you cannot starve. I tell them that if you have tried to eat correctly and exercise but you
still have sagging skin on the midsection that is stopping you from wearing a bikini or ghagra choli, get it done. Science has made those advances. I’m not against cosmetic surgery.”
Zareen Watson, fitness expert, Hindustan Times Sunday Magazine,
May 1, 2011
“The Argentinian consumer is very different. There are many poor people but they have original Adidas and Nike wear. (They) are fashionable people, sometimes without money. They spend a lot of money on how they look. We did some consumer research on hair color and found that 40 percent of women have dyed their hair before the age of 25. So they don’t have any grey hair and really don’t color, but spend money just to change the way they look and feel. Argentina also has one of the highest rates of plastic surgery in the world. So they really do care.”
Antonio Cao, chief executive officer, Godrej Argentina, The
Economic Times, April 27, 2011
“As a minority you will be scrutinized. And if you are a woman, expect 10 times the challenge. If they drink, you should drink. (However) don’t think you can do whatever they do. They look at you differently than they do themselves. You will be required to prove yourself. You do not get the benefit of doubt. One slip can
cost you years of hard work.”
Nina Godiwalla, investment banker and author,
Hindustan Times Sunday Magazine, May 1, 2011
“The idea of a female boss is that of a woman wearing a power suit; but I don’t like to dress like a man. It’s important for me to look glamorous. It shows interest and love for yourself, which is not a bad
thing. But at the same time, it’s important to know and
understand business. Flimsiness or flippancy doesn’t work nor does too much over familiarity with clients.”
Vanita Bhandari, president, Indian Merchants’ Chamber’s Ladies
Wing and director, DBS Business Centre, Mid Day, June 1, 2010
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.”
Jonathan Swift, the Anglo-Irish writer of Gulliver’s Travels quoted by Samar Halarnkar, Mint, June 3, 2011
“If we truly follow our respective religions then there cannot be
any conflict. Our differences are in fact more cultural. Ignorance causes prejudice. Two religions never clash. It is our interests which clash.”
Asghar Ali Engineer, Islamic scholar, Mid Day, June 15, 2011
“We learn that, many times it is not that people don’t have
values... they just don’t know how to exercise those values.”
Linda Hill, professor, Harvard Business School, Business Today,
May 15, 2011