"Mumbai’s terrorist attack was definitely the worst thing to happen; apart from derailing the peaceprocess, the economic fallout is what I’m most concerned about."
—Jayati Ghosh, Economist
"The downturn in the global economy; several companies working below capacity and retrenching.Personally, the Mumbai attack."
—Anu Aga, Former chairperson, Thermax
"The Rs 40,000-crore farm loan waiver had a devastating effect on the credit culture of poor households. It’s made banks less willing to give credit to the poor."
—Vikram Akula, CEO, SKS Microfinance
"With some days still to go till the end of the year, I would reserve judgement. As someone said, "We all live in a world in which there is high probability that a low-probability thing will happen."
—Subroto Bagchi, Co-founder, MindTree Consulting
