Multiplexes need to be partners in increasing footfalls, but they have been too focused – maybe rightly so – in expanding their footprint of screens, because we are such an under-screened country. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
Parsee culture is definitely one of strong business acumen, high ethics, and an element of philanthropy. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
My parents used to play cards on Saturday… all the friends would come across. So it was like one massive Parsee gathering… and the value system kind of creeps in. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
For an emerging market that hopes to be the third largest economy in the world, you cannot do it without being innovative and disruptive. There is no choice in the matter. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
The interesting part for India is really that it’s an emerging market, and therefore the opportunities are very unique. I guess the challenge that comes with that – it’s always a path less trodden. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
The next level of mass consumption – and India is known for its consumption story – is really going to come from consumption in the rural areas. So that’s going to throw up a lot of unique opportunities. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
India is not going to come up with the best and most modern car, but if you want the most economic car in the world, we’re pioneering that with the Nano, which the Tata Group did in India, for example. And I would call that innovation of the highest degree. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
After college I’d take up a job and I’d experience what it is to take up a job, rather than starting out on my own. I said let me just work for six months so that I know myself a little better. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
I would say that in the 1990s, I don’t think the environment was enough to make anyone ambitious and aspirational. It was a downer, I would think. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
