“The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex of order and freedom, culture and peace, can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within.” MomentsStoriesOrderCultureMoralCivilizationIndiaComplexesTalesIslamicDelicateEvidentConquestDiscouragingBarbariansInvadingMultiplying Author:Will Durant
“I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.” WritingStoriesCultureAudienceFocusIndiaSacredLike MeSymbolsChineseRitual Author:Devdutt Pattanaik
“I moved here when I was 20 to go to college. After I moved here, I became much more aware of the importance of the culture and literature to my life. Sometimes when you're immersed in something, you just don't notice it very much. Moving away makes you appreciate your culture. Living here, I've thought more and more about India, and what being Indian-American means to me. And it's made me incorporate things from Indian literature into my own writing.” WritingMeanMadeSometimesMovingCultureLiteratureMy OwnCollegeAppreciateIndiaImportanceMovedIndianAmerican IndianMoving AwayAppreciate You Author:Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India's age-long culture and civilization, ever changing, ever flowing, and yet ever the same Ganga.” PeopleLongHas BeensAgeSongCultureMemoriesVictoryCivilizationRiversIndiaRoundsDefeatSymbolsTriumphBelovedIntertwinedHopes And Fears Book:Jawaharlal Nehru, an anthology Source: Jawaharlal Nehru, an anthology
“We regard those other cultures such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1000 or 2000 years ago - as "undeveloped".” PeopleYearsBelieveArtistCultureYears AgoIndiaRegardBehaveOther Cultures Author:Arthur Erickson
“To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures.” CultureLandAcceptanceIndiaTraditionalGenerosityHospitality Author:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
“Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a culture shock than going to India. The people in the Indian countryside don't use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work.” PeopleWorldUseBigsAmericaCulturePowerfulOpinionIndiaImpactIntuitionIntellectIndianShockComing BackVery PowerfulCountrysideBig ImpactCulture Shock Author:Steve Jobs
“Gujarat is all about Trade with Tradition, Commerce with Culture, Enterprise with Entertainment and Development with Disaster management.” CultureDevelopmentTraditionIndiaManagementTradeEntertainmentDisasterEnterpriseCommerceGovernanceGujarat Author:Narendra Modi
“The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.” CultureForceCenturyUniqueIndiaAttractiveMuseumsMonumentMajesticDelhiMumbaiHistory And Culture Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of a place. So my buildings in India or in Kansas City or in Arkansas or in Singapore, they come out different because the places are so different.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsDifferentCultureCitiesBuildingEssenceIndiaArchitectSingaporeKansasArkansasKansas City Author:Moshe Safdie
“India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.” LongI CanDifferentFeelingsRememberCultureIndiaIndianFascinatedYogiIndian CultureDifferent Feelings Author:Joe Perry