“If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.” PeopleIfsTwoCountryUsedSpiritCultureLanguageSkyHonorLimitsCommitmentLettersIndiaTerroristTiesTerritoryCooperationPakistanPromotingTwo CountriesSky Is The Limit Author:Manmohan Singh
“I have always believed India is a country blessed by God with enormous entrepreneurial skills.” CountrySkillsIndiaBlessedEnormousAlways BelieveEntrepreneurial Author:Manmohan Singh
“Why not look at Indonesia? It will be the third biggest country in the world in population in 25 years' time - after India and China.” WorldYearsLooksCountryThirdsIndiaPopulationChinaWhy NotIndonesia Author:Martin Sorrell
“I think in theory, the United States finds it much easier to deal with situations where there is a leading country. You can go to the leaders of that country and say, for example, to India, "There are all these problems in Bangladesh, we really have to do something about it, what do you suggest we can do to work out a common policy?" But when you don't have the equivalent of India, you have to go capital to capital trying to put together a coalition, which is extraordinarily difficult, especially in the Arab world, because of the historic rivalries and branches of Islam.” ThinkingWorldTryingCountryStatesProblemTogetherDifficultCan DoUnitedDealsCommonSituationLeaderUnited StatesPolicyExampleTheoryEasierIndiaIslamWork OutBranchesHistoricCoalitionsRivalryBangladeshArab World Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“When I think of countries that I enjoyed visiting, that I would want to go back to, Italy would be one, Japan would be another. I've only been to Indonesia once or twice and it seems like such a fascinating country. I guess India certainly.” ThinkingWantCountrySeemsWould BeIndiaEnjoyedFascinatingJapanIndonesiaVisiting Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“The Western press has always insisted that India was Pakistan's enemy and vice versa, that the Hindus were against the Muslims and vice versa. They've never said, for instance, that my party has been fighting this attitude ever since we have maintained that religious hostilities are wrong and absurd, that minorities cannot be eliminated from a country, that people of different religions must live together.” PeopleHas BeensSaidDifferentCountryTogetherFightingReligiousPartyAttitudeEnemyIndiaPressesWesternVicesAbsurdInstanceMinoritiesPakistanHostilityVice VersaDifferent Religions Author:Indira Gandhi
“However, the treaty exists and it puts us in a different position toward the Soviet Union than the one we have toward other countries. Yes, the treaty exists. Nor does it exist on only one side. Look how w3e're situated geographically and you'll see that India is very important for the Soviet Union.” LooksDoeImportantDifferentCountrySidesPositionIndiaUnionsSovietOther CountriesSoviet UnionTreaties Author:Indira Gandhi
“When you govern a country, and especially a country so vast and complex as India, you never arrive at anything.” CountryIndiaComplexes Author:Indira Gandhi
“The India I want, I'll never tire of repeating, is a more just and less poor India, one entirely free of foreign influences. If I thought the country was already marching toward these objectives, I'd give up politics immediately and retire as prime minister.” IfsWantGivingCountryPoorInfluenceGiving UpIndiaObjectivesMinistersPrimeRetiringPrime MinisterTire Author:Indira Gandhi
“Just because India is a large country, we cannot be arrogant and think that we can ignore others. We live in a different era.” ThinkingDifferentCountryIndiaErasArrogantDifferent Eras Author:Narendra Modi
“The 21st Century should be India's century but from 2004 to 2014 bad ideas and bad actions have affected the country adversely. Every day was a new bad day and there were new scandals. People were furious.” PeopleShouldIdeasCountryActionCenturyIndiaAffected21st CenturyScandalBad DayFuriousBad IdeasBad Actions Author:Narendra Modi
“India may be overtaking China as the world's most polluted country. Even now, which country is worse depends on the day.” WorldMayCountryDependsIndiaChinaOvertaking Author:Steve Inskeep
“You go to India and you see the poorest village somewhere in the middle of India. And the poor family is happier than any rich billionaire in this country because of spirituality.” CountrySpiritualityPoorRichMiddleIndiaVillageBillionairePoorestPoor Family Author:Marina Abramovic
“The two countries [Pakistan and India] have already come close to nuclear confrontation twice and this could get worse. So dealing with the relationship with India is extremely important.” TwoImportantCountryIndiaNuclearPakistanConfrontationTwo Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both countries [Pakistan and India]. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in the region which is controlled by Indian armed forces.” KindCountryForceIndiaHorribleIndianRegionsControlledCrucialPakistanAtrocitiesSettlementArmed ForcesKashmir Author:Noam Chomsky
“A good American friend of mine who has lived in India for many years, working as a journalist, was recently denied entry to the country because he wrote on Kashmir. This is a reflection of fractures within society. Pakistan, too, has to focus on the Lashkar [Lashkar-i-Taiba] and other similar groups and work towards some sort of sensible compromise on Kashmir.” YearsCountryFocusGroupsMinesReflectionIndiaCompromiseJournalistSensibleDeniedPakistanEntryKashmirFracture Author:Noam Chomsky
“This is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home before it went into any other country... Here is the same India whose soil has been trodden by the feet of the greatest sages that ever lived... Look back, therefore, as far as you can, drink deep of the eternal fountains that are behind, and after that look forward, march forward, and make India brighter, greater, much higher, than she ever was.” LooksHas BeensMadeCountryHomeBehindsGreaterFeetLandHigherDrinkEternalIndiaAncientSoilMarchOther CountriesSageFountainBrighter Author:Swami Vivekananda
“So the idea about how detonation of a nuclear weapon might happen vary, you know - some people are especially concerned about terrorists getting their hands on nuclear weapons and using them. Some people are worried that there might be a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. Some think the Middle East, were Israel already has nuclear weapons and where other countries may be interested at some point and acquiring them, might be a flash point.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMayIdeasWarCountryHandsMightHappensMiddleWeaponsConcernedIndiaIsraelEastNuclearTerroristWorriedMiddle EastNuclear WeaponsFlashOther CountriesPakistanVaryNuclear WarIndia And Pakistan Author:John Burroughs
“Especially in the case of India and Pakistan, it's very clear that significant parts of the elites in both countries view having nuclear weapons as a ticket to prestige.” CountryViewsCasesClearWeaponsIndiaNuclearSignificantElitesNuclear WeaponsTicketsPakistanPrestigeIndia And Pakistan Author:John Burroughs
“The only countries that are outside of [ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] are Israel, Pakistan, India, and North Korea withdrew in the last few years.” YearsCountryLastsIndiaIsraelNuclearPakistanKoreaNorth KoreaTreatiesProliferationProliferation Treaty Author:John Burroughs
“How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is not there; the whole continent of Africa, soon to be 54 countries, don't have a single permanent seat; and Latin America is absent? It's not realistic.” WorldCountryWholeTodayAmericaSecurityIndiaPermanentSeatsJapanLatinRealisticContinentsCouncilAbsentLatin AmericaContributorsSecurity Council Author:Kofi Annan
“What the Paris agreement now does is say to China and India and other countries that are potentially polluting, come on board. Let's work together so you guys do the same thing.” DoeCountryTogetherGuyIndiaChinaParisBoardsAgreementWorking TogetherOther CountriesChina And India Author:Barack Obama
“You have countries like India that have tried to help untouchables, with essentially affirmative-action programs, but it hasn't fundamentally changed the structure of their societies.” CountryHelpingActionChangedProgramIndiaStructureAffirmative ActionAffirmativeUntouchables Author:Barack Obama
“The Anglo-Saxon world saw India as an underdeveloped country. The land of snake charmers, the cows on the street, that "ex-colony-backward-nation" kind of viewpoint, very condescending. Europe on the other hand, saw India in a more romantic, mystical, spiritual way, as a place that's a fountain of wisdom.” WorldWayKindCountryHandsSpiritualNationsSawsStreetsLandEuropeIndiaCowsMysticalSnakesFountainExesViewpointsColonyCondescendingAnglo SaxonCharmersUnderdeveloped Countries Author:Kabir Bedi
“In a country like India, we don't want to put everyone in one big mixture. We have a different language, culture and cuisine for each region, even though we are united in the larger context. We are more like a fruit salad, where each ingredient has its own specialty, each fruit its distinct flavor, and together, the salad makes a tasty dish, without losing the individuality of each constituent.” WantDifferentCountryBigsTogetherCultureLanguageUnitedLosingIndiaFruitIndividualityRegionsIngredientsDishesFlavorMixturesSaladConstituentsCuisineSpecialtyDifferent LanguagesTastyLanguage CultureFruit Salad Author:Kabir Bedi
“India can't be looked at as a country; it's more of a continent.” CountryIndiaContinents Author:Kabir Bedi
“Some of the most dramatic consequences of the Kosovo war are linked to the resumption of the arms race and the suicidal political and economic policies of countries like India and Pakistan where tons of money are currently being spent on atomic weaponry. This is abhorrent!” WarCountryPoliticalRaceEconomicPolicyArmsConsequenceIndiaDramaticLinkedPakistanSuicidalEconomic PolicyArms RaceWeaponryKosovoAbhorrentIndia And PakistanResumption Author:Paul Virilio
“Countries and world leaders have changed their perspective towards India. This is the biggest benefit.” WorldCountryLeaderChangedPerspectiveBenefitsIndiaWorld Leader Author:Narendra Modi
“I would especially like to appeal to my country's media that we should stop looking at everything in India from the prism of Pakistan. India is an independent country. It is a country of 125 crore people. Whenever it approaches any country, it will only be concerned about its own interests. It has been our biggest shortcoming and mistake that we have been tagging ourselves with another country and trying to do things.” PeopleShouldTryingHas BeensCountryInterestMistakeMediaApproachConcernedIndiaIndependentAppealsPakistanShortcomingsPrismsIndependent Country Author:Narendra Modi
“India is an independent country, we have our own policies and future. We have to think about the future of our 125 crore people. There should be no compromise on our interests. We have relations with America in the context of these fundamental points.” PeopleThinkingShouldCountryAmericaInterestPolicyIndiaRelationIndependentFundamentalsCompromiseNo CompromiseIndependent Country Author:Narendra Modi
“I believe that India is such a big country that one must do as much work as possible. So I keep doing that.” BelieveCountryBigsI BelieveIndia Author:Narendra Modi
“I can't leave India helpless. This responsibility must be taken and I will continue to do so. For all good and bad things, it is my responsibility. I do not regret anything. I believe, people of the country have given me the responsibility and I must fulfill it.” PeopleBelieveI CanCountryGivenI BelieveResponsibilityTakenRegretIndiaBad ThingsHelplessGood And Bad Author:Narendra Modi
“The animosity between India and Pakistan is deeply unfortunate and dangerous, and it's something I've long campaigned to reduce. But right now, when there's artillery being exchanged in Kashmir - which is not for from here, either - and there are 100-ish nuclear weapons on each side of the border, there's never really been a case like this where two nuclear armed countries are happily shelling each other.” LongTwoCountrySidesCasesDangerousRight NowWeaponsIndiaNuclearBordersNuclear WeaponsUnfortunatePakistanAnimosityArtilleryKashmirIndia And Pakistan Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I know that a world in which countries are stockpiling nuclear weapons and using them in the ways that India and Pakistan and America do to oppress others and to deceive their own people is a dangerous world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayCountryAmericaDangerousWeaponsIndiaNuclearNuclear WeaponsDeceivingPakistanDangerous WorldIndia And Pakistan Author:Arundhati Roy
“Anyway, what is a country? When people say, "Tell me about India," I say, "Which India?.... The land of poetry and mad rebellion? The one that produces haunting music and exquisite textiles? The one that invented the caste system and celebrates the genocide of Muslims and Sikhs and the lynching of Dalits? The country of dollar billionaires? Or the one in which 800 million live on less than half-a-dollar a day? Which India?"” PeopleCountryHalfMillionsLandProduceIndiaMadDollarsCelebrateRebellionGenocideHauntingExquisiteBillionaireCastesLynchingCaste SystemTextiles Author:Arundhati Roy
“Just a few years ago India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were one country. Actually, we were many countries if you count the princely states.... Then the British drew a line, and now we're three countries, two of them pointing nukes at each other - the radical Hindu bomb and the radical Muslim bomb.” IfsYearsTwoCountryStatesThreeLinesYears AgoIndiaBritishRadicalBombsPakistanPointingBangladeshNukesIndia Pakistan Author:Arundhati Roy
“We often confuse or loosely use the ideas of crony capitalism or neoliberalism to actually avoid using the word "capitalism", but once you've actually seen, let's say, what's happening in India and the United States - that this model of US economics packaged in a carton that says "democracy" is being forced on countries all over the world, militarily if necessary, has in the United States itself resulted in 400 of the richest people owning wealth equivalent [to that] of half of the population.” PeopleIfsWorldIdeasCountryStatesUseWealthUnitedHalfUnited StatesDemocracyModelsHappeningsCapitalismEconomicsIndiaPopulationNeoliberalismCroniesCrony Capitalism Author:Arundhati Roy
“Burma is located between China, India, and South East Asia. So it is quite natural that a country wanting diplomatic relations with our country would pay attention to who our regional neighbors are. It is not at all fair to ask a country to build relations with Burma but not take into account the situation in China. There is no way to think that taking the Chinese situation into consideration shows a disregard for Burma.” ThinkingWayCountryShowsAsksNaturalPayAttentionSituationFairsAccountsIndiaRelationSouthChinaEastNeighborOur CountryChinesePay AttentionConsiderationAsiaDisregardDiplomaticBurmaEast AsiaDiplomatic Relations Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Burma wants to have good relations with our neighboring countries, China and India. I do believe the United States itself wants to live in harmony with China and India. That's why we have to lay down political policies that are fair for everyone.” WantBelieveCountryStatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesPolicyFairsIndiaRelationHarmonyLaysChinaBurmaChina And India Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“I think in those countries, including my own in India, where I think primary education has been badly neglected by successive governments, I blame the opposition as much. Why have they allowed the government to get away with it?” ThinkingHas BeensCountryGovernmentMy OwnIndiaBlameIncludingPrimariesOppositionGet AwayNeglectedPrimary Education Author:Amartya Sen
“The higher education has always appealed to the South Asian social leaders across all the countries in South Asia. But primary education has been neglected. The oddity, by the way, is if you look at the contrast in India, there are some areas like Kerala where there's a long history of educational development.” IfsWayLooksLongHas BeensCountrySocialLeaderDevelopmentHigherAreasIndiaSouthEducationalPrimariesContrastAsiaAsianNeglectedHigher EducationOdditiesSouth AsiaPrimary Education Author:Amartya Sen
“In a free country, America, or India, and Japan, and many places, democracy country, free country, but still within the sort of rule of law, some injustice, some sort of problems, some discrimination, and also some sort of scandals or the corruptions. These things, you see, they are always in my mind, I think many people agree, lack of moral principle.” PeopleThinkingMindStillsCountryProblemAmericaLawMoralPrinciplesDemocracyIndiaAgreeInjusticeCorruptionDiscriminationJapanScandalRule Of LawMoral PrinciplesFree Country Author:Dalai Lama
“Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society. It's also extremely dangerous with all the weapons development. The two countries have already come close to nuclear confrontation twice and this could get worse. So dealing with the relationship with India is extremely important.” TwoImportantCountryAbleEffortDangerousDevelopmentWeaponsIndiaNuclearIndianImmensePakistanConfrontationTollsTwo Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“You may know that in India now the Tata car is becoming all the rage; you can buy it for one lakh - $2000 dollars - it's very, very cheap. So India seems to be going the route that China went a few years ago and that developing countries all over the world seem to want to follow, namely, to rely on these personal vehicles, which is just an irrational way of organizing transport.” KnowsWorldWayWantYearsMayCountrySeemsCarBecomingYears AgoIndiaDollarsChinaRageDevelopingRelyVehicleIrrationalRoutesTransportDeveloping CountriesTata Author:Thomas Pogge
“The BRIC countries - Brazil, India, China, Turkey, South Africa, Indonesia even, and Russia - are now new actors. Over the last eight years, China multiplied by seven its economic presence and penetration in the Middle East. And if this happens on economic terms and there is a shift towards the East, the relationship between these countries and Israel is completely different from the United States. And it means that the challenges are going to be different, because China is not supporting Israel the way the U.S. are supporting Israel.” IfsWayYearsMeanDifferentCountryStatesHappensLastsActorsTermChallengesUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMiddleIndiaSouthSevenIsraelChinaEightEastRussiaMiddle EastSouth AfricaTurkeysIndonesiaBrazilPenetrationBrics Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The rich and powerful countries are trying to wreck as much as possible. You know, go off the cliff as soon as you can. Extract every drop of hydrocarbons off the ground and destroy the environment. At the opposite extreme are countries like Bolivia and Ecuador, indigenous people around the world, and first nations in Canada and tribal people in India, campesinos in Colombia... They're trying to save the commons.” PeopleKnowsWorldTryingFirstsCountryNationsPowerfulRichEnvironmentOppositesIndiaExtremesAround The WorldCanadaIndigenousCliffsWrecksColombiaIndigenous PeopleBoliviaEcuadorHydrocarbonsPowerful Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“Incidentally, I am intrigued by how many European and Latin American writers expressed their political views in the columns they routinely wrote or write in the popular press, like Saramago, Vargas Llosa, and Eco. This strikes me as one way of avoiding opinionated fiction, and allowing your imagination a broader latitude. Similarly, fiction writers from places like India and Pakistan are commonly expected to provide primers to their country's histories and present-day conflicts. But we haven't had that tradition in Anglo-America.” WayWritingCountryAmericaPoliticalImaginationViewsFictionHavensConflictTraditionIndiaPressesExpectedStrikesOne WayLatinAllowingAvoidingPakistanColumnsLatin AmericaIntriguedPresent DayFiction WritersEcoOpinionatedAmerican WriterLatitudePolitical ViewLatin AmericanIndia And Pakistan Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Citizenship consists in the service of the country.” CountryIndiaRepublicCitizenshipWorld CitizenRepublic DayGood CitizenshipIndian PatrioticActive Citizenship Book:Speeches Source: Speeches
“I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.” HeartCountrySufferingPlanetsMy HeartEmpathyAnd LoveIndiaFilledOur Planet Author:Yoko Ono