“Being called a murderer: fine, I have no objection to that. It's a fact: I am a sinner, a fallen human. But to be called a murderer by the police!” DemocracyVotingSinnersMurderers Book:The White Tiger Source: The White Tiger
“If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I'm just a murderer!” DemocracyMurderGandhiSewagePamphlet Book:The White Tiger Source: The White Tiger
“Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed...she had suspended Indian democracy for a few years but she also was the woman who had defeated Pakistan in war at a time when most male politicians in India had secretly feared fighting that war, so that here in India even today Indira Gandhi is called by Indian nationalists the only man ever to have governed India.” MenYearsWarTodayMotherFightingPowerfulDemocracyFiguresPoliticianIndiaMalesIndianDefeatedPakistanVery PowerfulAmbiguousSuspendedDominating Author:Aravind Adiga
“I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician on the radio was saying that that's why we Indian are going to beat you: we may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy. If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I am just a murderer!” PeopleIfsKnowsMenGivingFirstsMayStillsCountryWaterDemocracyPoliticianBeatsGoldDrinkingRadioDespiteTriumphIndianYellowMurdererMedalStatuesPipeGold MedalsDrinking WaterSewage Book:The White Tiger Source: The White Tiger
