“If I look at the definition of Hinduism, the Supreme Court of India has given a beautiful definition; it says that Hinduism is not a religion, it is actually a way of life.” IfsWayLooksBeautifulGivenIndiaCourtDefinitionsSupremeHinduismSupreme Court Author:Narendra Modi
“For the first time, I wasn't embarrassed by the look of beauty, of elegance, because when you see someone who has only one rag as their property, but it happens to be beautiful and pink and silk, beauty doesn't have to be separated... I have always said that you shouldn't have biases, you shouldn't have prejudices. But before that [before his trip to India, circa 1975] I'd never been able to use purple, because it was too beautiful.” FirstsLooksSaidUseHappensAbleBeautifulFirst TimeIndiaPrejudicePropertyEmbarrassedPurpleEleganceSilkRags Author:Robert Rauschenberg
“My focus is not merely a beautiful city, but a city that's made beautiful on the parameters of good health and cleanliness” MadeBeautifulCitiesFocusIndiaGovernanceGood HealthCleanlinessParametersBeautiful City Author:Narendra Modi
“A tourist will come drawn to its beautiful past but we need to put efforts for creating systems to make them stay here.” NeedsPastBeautifulEffortCreatingIndiaTouristsTourism Author:Narendra Modi
“Small acts can drive reforms. What appears minor can actually be vital and fundamental. Generating 20,000 MW of power attracts a lot of attention. That is important. At the same time, 20,000 MW of power can be saved through a people's movement for energy efficiency. The second is more difficult but is as important as the first. Small indeed, is beautiful.” PeopleFirstsImportantBeautifulEnergyDifficultAttentionMovementIndiaFundamentalsSavedReformMinorsEfficiencyGovernanceSmall ActsEnergy Efficiency Author:Narendra Modi
“If Hollywood and Bollywood were how we all lived our lives, that would surprise me. And yet it's often the way our cultures are conveyed, isn't it?” PeopleIfsThinkingWayBeautifulCultureFightingWatchesOur LivesTvsClothesHollywoodIndiaSurpriseDramaticOur TimeAsiaHappy EndingsSurprise MeBollywoodDramatic Life Author:Hillary Clinton
“People will come and give you sandwiches every six hours but you're really of no use. A lot of people get excited about guys like that but I can't get too excited about it because I think he's sorta useless. He's just sitting there in India under a blanket looking beautiful, so what.” PeopleThinkingGivingI CanUseBeautifulGuyHoursSixSittingIndiaExcitedUselessSandwichesBlanketLooking Beautiful Author:Brad Warner
“When I came to Delhi first and said, "This is not India. And then I was taken to Varanasi and there I loved, loved the culture. It was a beautiful journey. The way the people dressed - even the poorest people, and the fabrics! With vegetable dyes, and I was fascinated by the color. But in the end I loved the men - all in white - so many shades of white. And I said, "What am I going to do? A color collection or a white collection?" I finally did a neutral white collection.” PeopleMenWayFirstsSaidEndsBeautifulCultureWhiteTakenJourneyColorHe ManIndiaCollectionsShadeVegetablesFascinatedFabricPoorestDelhiVaranasi Author:Donna Karan
“I grew up going around with family, camping and living in a very beautiful mountain valley, knowing the names of the mountains and the rivers. I think it's no accident that I ended up studying the geography of India and knowing the names of the mountains and the rivers and all of that. I loved it. I think it gives a sense of space and a can-do-ness that was very powerful.” ThinkingGivingBeautifulNamesCan DoSpacePowerfulKnowingStudyGrewMountainGrew UpRiversIndiaAccidentsValleysGeographyVery PowerfulVery BeautifulCamping Author:Diana L. Eck
“In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life, the treacherous sun, and no poetry adorns it because disillusionment cannot be beautiful. Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess it; they desire that joy shall be graceful and sorrow august and infinity have a form, and India fails to accommodate them.” MenMayBeautifulFormJoyDesireSunFailingSourceColdSorrowEuropeIndiaMythInfinityRetreatExquisiteAugustAccommodateDisillusionmentTreacherousSource Of LifePersephone Author:E. M. Forster
“Nationalism is inspired by the highest ideals of the human race, satyam [the true], shivam [the god], sundaram [the beautiful]. Nationalism in India has ... roused the creative faculties which for centuries had been lying dormant in our people.” PeopleHumansBeautifulLyingRaceCreativeCenturyHighestIdealsIndiaArmyInspiredHuman RaceNationalismFacultyDormant Author:Subhas Chandra Bose
“Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole family, as related in the Mahâbhârata, starved themselves to death and gave their last meal to a beggar. This is not an exaggeration, for such things still happen.” StillsWholeStoriesHappensLastsBeautifulRememberLiteratureIndiaCharityExtremesRelatedMealsBeggarExaggerationWhole Family Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“I never allowed myself the luxury of those brilliant, beautiful colors until I went to India and saw people walking around in them or dragging them in the mud. I realised they were not so artificial.” PeopleBeautifulSawsColorWalkingIndiaBrilliantLuxuryArtificialMudRealisedBeautiful Colors Author:Robert Rauschenberg
“Iqbal, that great poet, was so right. The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave. To hell with the Naxals and their guns shipped from China. If you taught every poor boy how to paint, that would be the end of the rich in India.” IfsWorldEndsMomentsWould BeBeautifulPoorBoysHellRichThis WorldTaughtPoetGunIndiaSlavePaintChinaGreat PoetPoor Boy Book:The White Tiger Source: The White Tiger
“No one is perfect and everyone is different, but everyone one is beautiful in their own way and that's what makes us special.For me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international platform and a lot of people actually would assume that I wasn`t even educated in India because of the way I'd speak.” PeopleWayYearsDifferentBeautifulGirlSpeakPerfectBeautySpecialIndiaAssumingInternationalEducatedQueensPlatformsBeauty QueenEveryone Is Different Author:Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
“And the greatest praise to India is this: not only are her people beautiful; not only are her daily life and cult beautiful; but, in the midst of the utilitarian, humanitarian, dogmatic world of the present day, she keeps on proclaiming the outstanding value of Beauty for the sake of Beauty, through her very conception of Godhead, of religion and of life.” PeopleWorldBeautifulValuesIndiaPraiseSakeHumanitarianMidstDaily LifeConceptionCultOutstandingPresent DayDogmaticProclaimingUtilitarian Book:A Warning to the Hindus Source: A Warning to the Hindus
“India - a land where the last thing one needs to bother with is looking good. In India - at least in the circles I moved in - it's natural to look beautiful by the smile in your heart and the way you move through the world.” WorldWayNeedsLooksHeartLastsBeautifulMovingNaturalLandTravelIndiaMovedCirclesBotherLooking GoodTravel The World Author:Erin Lokitz