Well said

"I can only say that those who didn't give Zoozoos an award at Cannes are first-class idiots"

— Piyush Pandey, Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather, on the Vodafone Zoozoo ads failing to win awards at the Cannes Ad Film Festival, to Business Standard


"India is one of the most challenging economies in the world because its status is not settled in either direction… it is not an economy which is unquestionably headed to a seat among the most developed and prosperous nations"

— Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India, to Mint


"Consolidation is a prerequisite before Indian banks can aspire to be global banks"

— Deepak Parekh, Non-Executive Chairman, HDFC, in The Wall Street Journal


"I didn't go to Copenhagen with the mandate of saving the world or humanity. My mandate was to defend India's right to develop at a faster rate"

— Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, to Agencies


"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts"

— Larry Ellison, CEO, Oracle


"Whenever I have predicted oil prices, I have always got it wrong. I would like to meet the guy who can do it!"

— Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries, to ET NOW