Quotes by India I have stayed in south India all my life. English comes more naturally to me than Hindi. Anushka Sharma hindi south india In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing. Apollonius of Tyana india cities race At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the west, it is important that writers like me try to highlight the brutal injustices of society. Aravind Adiga india important trying An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project. Aravind Adiga effectiveness india political It has always been very difficult for writers to survive commercially in India because the market was so small. But that's not true at all any more. It's one of the world's fastest growing and most vibrant markets for books, especially in English. Aravind Adiga india book world What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What keeps India safe is just the courage of poor Indians, not the actions of its government. Aravind Adiga heroism india government India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world. Aravind Adiga wall india broken In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs. Aravind Adiga ribs work-out india The generation that migrated to the West in the 1970s or 1960s has now lived more in the West than India, and India has changed so much. My parents fall into that category. Archie Panjabi india parent fall India needs a change - it cannot be ruled by 80-year-olds and by people who have done nothing for it. Arjun Rampal india people years My own awakening came in 1991 and my teacher then, in India, asked me to return to the West and to share this kind of inquiry. Arjuna Ardagh inquiry india teacher Dealing with corruption and staying calm is a talent most of us in India have mastered and learnt to live with. Arshad Warsi calm talent india I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India. Arthur L. Herman india discovery long Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world. Arthur Schopenhauer vedas india book We call people who work with mud and earth, and sand and stone, unskilled labor in India. I cannot in this lifetime wield the implements that they use either to dig the earth or to shovel the earth. I can't carry the loads. That's extremely specialized. But they are called unskilled, and I am called skilled because I can write with the pen. I cannot accept this. I find it extremely non-egalitarian to say they are unskilled and I am skilled. It's only a way of looking at it. Knowledge is also like that. Aruna Roy india writing people As a woman who grew up in a village in India, I've spent my whole life fighting tradition. There's no way that I want to be a traditional Indian housewife. Arundhati Roy village india fighting The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes. Arundhati Roy india community order India is still flinching from a cultural insult, still looking for its identity. Arundhati Roy insult india identity India lives in several centuries at the same time. Arundhati Roy century india In a country like India, the British were only able to rule the country because it had completely co-opted the elite of the country, who did their work for them. Arundhati Roy india able country «1234567891011»