If we dispense with some of our self-made boundaries, India can really take its place in the world as an economic power. It hasn’t happened because we, sadly, don’t look at ourselves as Indians but as Punjabis or Parsis, unlike the Americans. Don’t make such boundaries.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.

None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise, none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!

If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together.

Powers and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

Deal with crisis in such a way that you can hold your head high and sleep well at night.

People still believe what they read is necessarily the truth.

If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way.

I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn’t a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.

There are many things that, if I have to relive maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.

Ups and downs are very important to keep us going because a straight line even in an E. C. G. means we are not alive.

I have always been very confident and very upbeat about the future potential of India. I think it is a great country with great potential.

If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognize that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail, and some may have problems for other reasons. That is life.

Flying, I continue to be involved with it. I love flying, and I hope to keep doing it so long as I can pass my medicals and stay proficient.

A founder who is in for the short run, or has no passion for the sector he is in, doesn’t give me a great deal of comfort.

As you grow older, you become everybody becomes – less inflexible and a little more accommodating.

I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.

If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it… if it doesn’t stand the test of public scrutiny then don’t do it.