“The biggest lesson I learnt is that death is not morbid. It’s inevitable. We don’t mourn the setting of the sun. Why not then celebrate the time you spend with your loved ones.”
-- Anu Aga, former chairperson of Thermax, The Week, April 16, 2006
“I would attribute the agility of my mind to my self-discipline. You have to work hard to keep the mind open not only to your discipline but to all the things happening around you. I enjoy writing, going deep into my personal life with a sense of nostalgia. Everything comes to me naturally, and I don’t believe in cultivating characteristics which are forced or self-conscious.”
-- Jehangir Sabavala, artist, The Week, February 25, 2007
“There is always a view amongst some segments of the industrial community that they are above the law and they can manage the environment.”
-- Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Group, Hindustan Times, February 5, 2007
“I value my work for the Bombay Corporation more than anything else in my life. Our Corporation sits every Thursday and I accept no engagement however remunerative on Thursday and the Judges of the High Court know my ways and would not take up any case of mine on Thursday.”
-- Life and Times of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Madras, The Madras Law Journal Press, 1945, quoted by Dr Nawaz B. Mody in the 150th anniversary write-up on Mehta “Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now.
They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.”
-- Bill Gates, billionaire, contributed by Sarosh Contractor, Zend, the quarterly House Magazine of Shree Parsi Panchayat, Vadodara, January 2007
“I am there waiting — waiting for nothing. Enjoying beyond good and evil, now The Light, now the shade; there was only The day, the lake, the noon, time without end. Then, my friend, suddenly one became two And arathushtra passed by me.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, quoted in Parsi Pukar, October-December 2005
“You cannot keep the courts out of overseeing acts of any authority howsoever high, simply because our Constitution mandates that ‘howsoever high your be, the law is above you.’”
-- Fali Nariman, jurist, The Indian Express, January 12, 2007
“Our newer projects will be accompanied by schools. And in future, we may include crèches, launderettes and old-age infirmaries. I also want to revive the dying luxury called a balcony! Amenities are crucial. When both parents are working, they want their children’s school to be nearby and someone to take care of them when they return. Senior citizens within the complex are assured that medical aid is at hand if they fall ill. One must provide for the needs of the people.”
-- Boman Irani, CMD, Rustomjee Developers, Construction World, September 2006
“Here, when Mystical won, (I) and my family were overjoyed. The Indians in Dubai too were thrilled. While some people were aghast, Europeans who know Indian racing were thrilled and not surprised, as some of them had seen Mystical on Indian turf earlier and knew what this talented, courageous and gallant horse could do.”
-- Zarvaray Poonawalla, stud farm owner. Mystical is owned by M A M Ramaswamy and the Poonawallas, Mumbai Mirror, February 17, 2007
“In the inevitable tension between courts and legislatures... the prime need is to avoid expressions like confrontation and conflict and for legislatures and courts alike to have an informed understanding and consciousness of the limits of their respective powers.”
-- T. R. Andhyarujina, senior advocate of the Supreme Court and former solicitor-general of India, Hindustan Times, January 22, 2007