Even as I took a long, hard look at some of the obvious downsides (Q: 'What are the three things keeping India down? A: Corruption, corruption and corruption.'
), I still felt the upsides (Q: 'What is so fantastic about the India story? A: People, people and people.') tilted the scales in our favor.
Tag: india
The trouble is Indians aren't used to being prosperous. We are more comfortable dealing with poverty- after all, poverty has been the staple here, and has been for many centuries.
Shobhaa DéTag: india
Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion.
These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India.
Tag: freedom devotion india servants hanuman serving
India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.
Muhammad Ali JinnahTag: country nationality india jinnah subcontinent
Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.
Muhammad Ali JinnahTag: nationality india pakistan jinnah partion united
But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear and merge into something else.
E.M. ForsterTag: knowledge questions-and-answers india
All pomp and show.” Anjali’s glare at the house would’ve exploded bricks if she’d had superhuman powers. “A fat cow needs a big barn.
Nicola MarshTag: humor contemporary-romance india romance-novels romance-funny
The matter on which I judge people is their willingness, or ability, to handle contradiction. Thus Paine was better than Burke when it came to the principle of the French revolution, but Burke did and said magnificent things when it came to Ireland, India and America. One of them was in some ways a revolutionary conservative and the other was a conservative revolutionary. It's important to try and contain multitudes. One of my influences was Dr Israel Shahak, a tremendously brave Israeli humanist who had no faith in collectivist change but took a Spinozist line on the importance of individuals. Gore Vidal's admirers, of whom I used to be one and to some extent remain one, hardly notice that his essential critique of America is based on Lindbergh and 'America First'—the most conservative position available. The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.
Christopher HitchensTag: politics united-states individualism humanism revolution ireland influence conservatism contradiction israel free-thought india radicalism thomas-paine french-revolution collectivism gore-vidal partisanship america-first-committee charles-lindbergh edmund-burke israel-shahak spinozism
What is it?" she asked.
"I'm looking for your wings. You are my guardian angel, aren't you?"
"I'm afraid not," she replied, her cheeks dimplingwith a wry smile. "There's too much of the devil in me for that."
"Just how much devil," I grinned, "are we talking about here?
Our population of 121 crore is not a limitation – it is the reason we will grow.
Sukant RatnakarTag: india
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