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The traditional thinking has always been that the West is pouring money into Africa through foreign aid and other private-sector flows, without receiving much in return,’ said Raymond Baker, President of Global Financial Integrity, in a
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What we assume to be a humanitarian aid is just the same money coming back in a much smaller quantity.
“विद्रोह, क्रान्ति या बगावत कोई ऐसी चीज नहीं जिसका विस्फोट अचानक होता है। घाव फूटने के पहले बहुत काल तक पकता रहता है। विचार भी, चुनौती लेकर खड़े होने के पहले वर्षों तक अर्धजाग्रत अवस्था में फैलते रहते हैं।’ राष्ट्रकवि रामधारी सिंह दिनकर ने आज से तिरसठ साल पहले अपनी महत्वपूर्ण कृति संस्कृति के चार अध्याय में यह बात लिखी है।”
― अमेठी संग्राम: ऐतिहासिक जीत अनकही दास्ताँ
― अमेठी संग्राम: ऐतिहासिक जीत अनकही दास्ताँ
“On the average, only those prisoners could keep alive who, after years of trekking from camp to camp, had lost all scruples in their fight for existence; they were prepared to use every means, honest and other- wise, even brutal force, theft, and betrayal of their friends, in order to save themselves. We who have come back, by the aid of many lucky chances or miracles—whatever one may choose to call them—we know: the best of us did not return.”
― Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition
― Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition
“भारतीय चुनाव कोई कम्प्यूटर गेम नहीं, जिन्हें केवल ट्रिक लगाकर लैपटॉप पर जीता जा सके।”
― अमेठी संग्राम: ऐतिहासिक जीत अनकही दास्ताँ
― अमेठी संग्राम: ऐतिहासिक जीत अनकही दास्ताँ
“If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
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