“If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947.” IfsEndsCenturyCryIndia18th CenturyRallyingRallying Cry Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“If you listen to the urban speech patterns there you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through a second language and end in a third. It's the very playful, very natural result of juggling languages. You are always reaching for the most appropriate phrase.” IfsEndsLanguageNaturalResultsSpeechThirdsIndiaPatternsSentencesPhrasesCharacteristicsReachingAppropriateUrbanJuggling Author:Salman Rushdie
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.” WorldLongSoulEndsMomentsAgeNationsHoursSleepPowerfulStepsIndiaAwakeStrokesMidnightUtteranceIndia Independence DayIndian Independence Day Book:Sept. 1964-May 1949 Source: Sept. 1964-May 1949
“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