“I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would n...” — Lakshmi Mittal Quote

“I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.”

“We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel.”

“It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?”

“But I have to say, in my 12 years as the dean of admissions at Yale Law School, there was a lot of legal behaviour that I saw that worried me and that clearly was allowing wealthier and privileged students to tilt the balance in their favour.”

“I didn't know how to act at all. I got a seat in college through the extra curricular admission quota, and it was a mad process, where 100-150 students would vie for the few seats and go through 10 rounds.”

“I entered KC College in 1975. When I came here for my interview, for my admission, every person I spoke to spoke to me in Sindhi. Be it Kundanani, Bhambani, Nichani, Kevalramani... and they also thought that Ambani was the same. For a moment, I thought that I got my admission at KC College because I have a 'ni' in my surname.”