“Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the political parties were anti-Congress. To have a coalition, to run a coalition government, you require a lot of adjustments, a lot of flexibility.” CountryGovernmentRunningPoliticalCoursesDifficultPartyTasksIndiaCongressPolitical PartiesFlexibilityAdjustmentCoalitionsDifficult Tasks Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.” CountryFactsNationsJusticeEconomicModernDangerBecomingCommitmentIndiaGenderOur CountryNarrativeOur TimeMinorsContinuingGender EqualityCloaksEconomic JusticeJustice For All Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.” PeopleWorldCountryTodayEconomyStandardsIndiaCommittedChinaDevelopingDeveloping CountriesChina And India Author:Li Peng
“Urban development in India... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world.” WorldCountryDevelopmentIndustryIndiaSunriseUrbanUrban Development Author:Kushal Pal Singh
“We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.” ImportantCountryPlayRolesEconomyCapacityIndiaEntrepreneurOur CountryOccasionsScopePrivate SectorMixed Economy Author:Manmohan Singh
“Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic, widespread, shocking elimination of India's baby girls. Some 50,000 female fetuses are aborted every month in India.” CountryGirlBabyMonthsSixFemaleIndiaShameMinistersPrimeTraveledShockingPrime MinisterSix MonthsSystematicEliminationBaby GirlFetus Author:Elizabeth Vargas
“There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle.” KnowsMeanCountryHomeBuildingIndiaChinaLifestyleEmergingBrazilBuilding A Home Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.” WorldCountryPoorPovertyMillionsBenefitsPercentResourcesIndiaSouthCriticsChinaValuableDecadesDevelopingFarmersSouth AfricaCropsPhilippinesAlleviateDeveloping CountriesSubsistenceBiotech Author:Clive James
“With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives. However, even if the level of customer service is exceptional, the extent to which poorly-understood accents trump quality of service speaks to English-speaking customers' growing intolerance of non-native speech, more so than in other countries.” IfsCountryJobsMovingSpeakUnderstandingLevelsQualitySupportGrowingTrumpSpeechUnderstoodIndiaDifficultyChinaCustomersNativeFrustrationSurprisingIntoleranceRepresentativesOther CountriesAccentsExceptionalEnglish SpeakingChina And India Author:Bob Hayes
“Over the last 10 years, India's perception has gone from being a beggar country to an economic superpower.” YearsCountryLastsGoneEconomicPerceptionIndiaBeggarSuperpower Author:Vivek Wadhwa
“The theory of Reincarnation, which originated in India, has been welcomed in other countries. Without doubt, it is one of the most sensible and satisfying of all religions that mankind has conceived. This, like the others, comes from the best qualities of human nature, even if in this, as in the others, its adherents sometimes fail to carry out the principles in their lives.” IfsHumansHas BeensCountrySometimesQualityPrinciplesDoubtFailingMankindHuman NatureTheoryIndiaSatisfyingSensibleOther CountriesReincarnationIncarnation Author:Luther Burbank
“If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.” IfsMenShouldWarEndsCountryWould BeEnemyHe ManRevolutionIndiaChinaEsteemBeatenEnglishmen Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“We are, if territory and population be looked at together, one of the great countries of the world - a monster country, one might say, along with others such as China, India, the recent Soviet Union, and Brazil. And there is a real question as to whether "bigness" in a body politic is not an evil in itself, quite aside from the policies pursued in its name.” IfsWorldRealCountryBodyMightTogetherEvilNamesPolicyIndiaUnionsPopulationChinaMonstersTerritorySovietSoviet UnionPursuedBrazilGreat CountryReal QuestionsCountries Of The World Author:George F. Kennan
“The translation of the Veda will hereafter tell to a great extent on the fate of India and on the growth of millions of souls in that country. It is the root of their religion, and to show them what the root is, I feel sure, is the only way of uprooting all that has sprung from it during the last 3000 years.” WayFeelsYearsSoulCountryShowsLastsGrowthMillionsFateRootsIndiaTranslationsHereafterSprungVedasUprooting Author:Max Muller
“For nearly three decades there has been, by and large, peace and tranquility on the India-China border. Not a single bullet has been fired for over a quarter-century. Both countries are showing great maturity and a commitment to economic cooperation.” Has BeensCountryThreeEconomicCenturyCommitmentIndiaChinaDecadesBordersMaturityCooperationQuartersBulletsTranquilityPeace And TranquilityEconomic Cooperation Author:Narendra Modi
“So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. The unity and the integrity of the country are the topmost priorities. All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.” BookCountryGovernmentCommunityResponsibilityAcceptingRightsIntegrityHolyConcernedIndiaConstitutionUnityProtectionPrioritiesDiscriminationCreedsTolerateCastesHoly Books Author:Narendra Modi
“If I have to describe the India-US relationship in a single word, I will say we are natural allies. I think the relationship between India and US, and the two countries in themselves, have played an enormously important role and continue to play an important role in strengthening democratic values all over the world.” IfsThinkingWorldTwoImportantCountryPlayValuesNaturalRolesIndiaDemocraticAlliesStrengtheningSingle WordTwo CountriesDemocratic Values Author:Narendra Modi
“If you look at the India-US relationship for example, the role that the Indian diaspora has played in the relationship is extremely crucial. Yes, we share democratic values but there is also the great role that the Indian diaspora has played in strengthening the bond of friendship between India and the US, and of course in underscoring the democratic values between the two countries.” IfsLooksTwoCountryValuesCoursesRolesShareExampleIndiaDemocraticIndianCrucialStrengtheningDiasporaTwo CountriesBonds Of FriendshipDemocratic Values Author:Narendra Modi
“See, there is a tendency to look at India as a country.” LooksCountryIndiaTendencies Author:Rahul Gandhi
“The truths which are represented in England and Western countries generally, are those which refer to force of character, earnestness of purpose, conscientious strictness, noble charity, practical duty, whilst the truths which I find peculiarly developed in India - developed to a greater extent than anywhere else, - and in the Eastern countries generally, are those which have reference to sweetness of communion, sweetness of temper, meekness and resignation unto God.” CountryCharacterPurposeForceGreaterDutyIndiaEnglandCharityWesternNoblePracticalsTemperCommunionSweetnessEasternResignationMeeknessEarnestness Author:Keshub Chandra Sen
“Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I dont think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.” ThinkingFirstsWellsCountryThreeTermTechnologyIndiaIsraelExceptionProvidingPakistanIncentivesIndia Pakistan Author:Mohamed ElBaradei