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The only possible idea of India is that of a nation greater than the sum of its parts.


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Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.

Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.



India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.

India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.



India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.

India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.



There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.

There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.



Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.



On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.

On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.



It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.



Diplomacy is much like the "lovemaking of elephants", which is accompanied with a lot of bellowing and other sound effects, but no one can be sure of the consequences for at least the next two years

Diplomacy is much like the "lovemaking of elephants", which is accompanied with a lot of bellowing and other sound effects, but no one can be sure of the consequences for at least the next two years



If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.



India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.





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I say we have no time for debate. Indeed, we have no need for it, since the decision has been made for us. We must fight. There is no other path!

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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.



I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.

I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.



To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe.

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe.



The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war lasted long enough to change sides twice.

The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war lasted long enough to change sides twice.



While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.



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