“India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them.”
― White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
― White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
“In India everything has a use and a value.”
― Beyond the Devil's Teeth : Journeys in Gondwanaland
― Beyond the Devil's Teeth : Journeys in Gondwanaland
“If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language.
I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“I listen to the sound of India's voices for the last time . Laughter ripples like water . A prayer is a single note held long . There is so much life here . And too much death.I feel a soft brezze caress my face and I look up. An orange ribbon is floating through the air . In India , it's easy to see the wind .”
― Karma
― Karma
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