“But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future - climate change, questions of energy and food security, the rise of China and the rise of India. And we need a strong system of global and regional relationships and institutions to underpin stability.” NeedsFacesEnergyStrongNationsChallengesSecurityIndiaInstitutionsClimateClimate ChangeChinaAustraliaStabilityCrucialFood SecurityRise Of China Author:Kevin Rudd
“Bangladesh is not India, Pakistan, South Africa or Australia.” IndiaSouthAustraliaSouth AfricaPakistanBangladeshIndia Pakistan Author:Sourav Ganguly
“We should not play like Australia or India or England - we should play like Sri Lanka.” ShouldPlayIndiaEnglandAustraliaSri Lanka Author:Mahela Jayawardene
“Leave at night and you reach Australia next morning. But it took 28 years for an Indian PM to come to Australia!” YearsMotivationNightNextMorningIndiaIndianAustraliaPms Author:Narendra Modi
“'Dignity of Labour' is a subject to be learnt from Australia!” SubjectsEmpowermentDignityIndiaLabourAustralia Author:Narendra Modi
“I want the marginality to come into the center. This is the thing I was conscious of growing up, when I later lived in England. I saw all these war movies that came out shortly after the war, and they were all about the war being fought by Englishmen or Americans, there were no other "allies" in it - from India or Australia, etc.” WantWarGrowing UpSawsGrowingConsciousIndiaEnglandEtcAustraliaAlliesEnglishmenWar Movie Author:Michael Ondaatje
“The anti-globalization movement is one of the biggest globalized events of the contemporary world, people coming from everywhere, Australia, Indonesia, Britain, India, Poland, Germany, South Africato demonstrate in Seattle or Quebec. What could be more global than that?” PeopleWorldEventsMovementIndiaSouthContemporaryGermanyBritainAustraliaSouth AfricaGlobalizationIndonesiaSeattlePolandQuebec Author:Amartya Sen
“You look at the world situation, look at London, Paris, Italy, it is all basically the same as the U.S. Then you look at other places such as India, Bali, with warmer climates, you know the Southern climates, they are very different. I think there is a time and place for everything and in Australia, for example, it is completely the opposite. I don't think we can be designing for that customer per se.” ThinkingKnowsWorldLooksDifferentSituationExampleDesignOppositesIndiaClimateCustomersLondonParisAustraliaSouthernBali Author:Donna Karan
“I also know Patrick White in Australia, both personally and as a writer, and Salman Rushdie in India.” KnowsWhiteIndiaAustraliaRushdie Author:William Golding
“[ Rajiv Gandhi] was very reflective and rueful and regretful about the fact that his children's education...He wanted them to get educated outside of India, but he said to me the only place that he found where they would be safe was in Russia, and he didn't really want them to be educated there! So, I said, "Well, send them to Australia. I'll look after them." And my security bloke went absolutely bloody bananas, and I said, "We'll look after them." But, in the end, he didn't send them.” WantWellsLooksChildrenSaidEndsFactsWould BeWantedFoundSecuritySafeIndiaRussiaEducatedAustraliaBloodyBananasBlokesRegretful Author:Bob Hawke
“When you think of how much violence, how much blood... how much has been destroyed to create the great nations, America, Australia, Britain, Germany, France, Belgium - even India, Pakistan. Having destroyed so much to make them, we must have nuclear weapons to protect them - and climate change to hold up their way of life... a two-pronged annihilation project.” ThinkingWayHas BeensTwoAmericaNationsViolenceBloodProtectProjectsWeaponsIndiaClimateClimate ChangeNuclearDestroyedFranceGermanyBritainAustraliaNuclear WeaponsPakistanAnnihilationBelgiumGreat NationsIndia Pakistan Author:Arundhati Roy
“Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of England, France, Prussia, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Naples, Portugal, Brazil, various German states and smaller countries. They were the personal bankers of many of the crowned heads of Europe. They made large investments, through agents, in markets as distant as the United States, India, Cuba and Australia.” WorldFirstsMadeImportantCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedHalfUnited StatesCenturyBrotherEuropeIndiaEnglandInvestmentVariousAgentsFranceAustraliaBehalfSpainBankersCubaNineteenth CenturyNew World OrderBrazilTransactionsBelgiumPortugalAustriaPrussiaNaplesRothschild Author:G. Edward Griffin
“The innovation industries are rapidly going global. In five years, more than 50% of venture capital returns will come from markets outside the United States, including China, India, Brazil, and Australia, and AlwaysOn events are on top of these trends.” YearsStatesUnitedUnited StatesFiveEventsIndustryReturnIndiaInnovationIncludingChinaFive YearsAustraliaTrendsVentureBrazilVenture Capital Author:Jim Breyer
“Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.” AmericaHappenedEventsFindingsIndiaTalesCooksAustraliaImaginaryCaptainsColumbus Author:Umberto Eco
“Pick any player of the world. Make him the captain of India. I can assure you that the results will still be the same. MS Dhoni just not lucky enough to have the kind of bowlers that top teams like Australia, South Africa and New Zealand have.” WorldKindStillsI CanEnoughResultsPlayerTeamLuckyPicksIndiaSouthAustraliaSouth AfricaCaptainsNew ZealandBowlersDhoniMs Dhoni Author:Sourav Ganguly