“There is no question in the fact that India has a global responsibility, and the coming "Gyan Yug" would see India play a pivotal role, using the strengths of its democracy and demographic dividend.” PlayFactsMotivationResponsibilityRolesDemocracyIndiaDemographicsDividendsPivotal Author:Narendra Modi
“A democracy can't succeed without people's participation. 'MyGov' empowers the people of India to contribute towards Surajya.” PeopleMotivationDemocracySucceedIndiaEmpoweringParticipation Author:Narendra Modi
“Jan Bhagidari is the biggest asset of a democracy. We are increasing it through MyGov, letters from citizens, Mann Ki Baat and other initiatives.” DemocracyCitizensLettersIndiaElectionAssetsInitiative Author:Narendra Modi
“Democracy is such a framework that everyone has the right to live their lives, fix their goals, their aims, their dreams and the ways to achieve them according to their own choice.” WayDreamChoicesGoalDemocracyAchieveIndiaAimElectionFramework Author:Narendra Modi
“I have come from outside Delhi, but I give you an assurance that the people in the Government are very capable. I want to awaken and unite that power for the welfare of nation.” PeopleWantGivingGovernmentNationsDemocracyCapableIndiaElectionWelfareAssuranceDelhi Author:Narendra Modi
“India offers demographic dividend, democracy and demand...3D. I have added a new D. De-regulation.” DemocracyOffersDemandIndiaRegulationDemographicsDividends Author:Narendra Modi
“Imagine what would happen if the government were to take the wealth of 200,000 of India's richest people and redistribute it amongst 2 million of India's poorest? We would hear a lot about socialist appropriation and the death of democracy. Why should taking from the rich be called appropriation and taking from the poor be called development?” PeopleIfsShouldGovernmentHappensWealthPoorMillionsDemocracyRichImagineDevelopmentIndiaSocialistPoorestAppropriation Author:Arundhati Roy
“I dont think that India is much celebrated for its democracy. Democracy has been a very neglected commodity at home and abroad.” ThinkingHas BeensHomeDemocracyIndiaCommodityNeglectedDemocracies Have Author:Amartya Sen
“The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir.” Has BeensDemocracyProtectIndiaDemocraticGenuineParliamentaryKashmirParliamentary Democracy Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.” HumansLawLyingAcceptingEconomyDemocracySuccessfulIndiaFundamentalsRule Of LawMarket EconomyHuman Freedom Author:Manmohan Singh
“Nowhere else you will find a country of India's diversity, of India's complexity, one billion people trying to seek their social and economic salvation in the framework of democracy, in the framework of an open economy.” PeopleTryingCountrySocialEconomyDemocracyEconomicDiversityIndiaSalvationBillionsComplexityFramework Author:Manmohan Singh
“India is this great experiment of a billion people of such great diverse persuasions working together, seeking their salvation in the framework of a democracy. I believe it will have some lessons for all the multicultural societies.” PeopleBelieveTogetherI BelieveDemocracyLessonsIndiaSalvationSeekingBillionsExperimentsWorking TogetherDiversePersuasionFrameworkMulticulturalMulticultural Society Author:Manmohan Singh
“India is a functioning democracy despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.” CoursesPovertyDemocracyIndiaExtremesDespiteExtreme Poverty Author:Manmohan Singh
“Working together in helping nascent democracies in the task of reconstruction, in the task of development is another area where our two countries [India and the USA] can work together.” HelpingTogetherDemocracyDevelopmentAreasTasksIndiaUsaWorking TogetherReconstruction Author:Manmohan Singh
“India is a huge democracy. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi has ambitions to try to fix the infrastructure, the rules, taxes, education, and to lift up the Indian people. And we're hopeful that that's going to create positive momentum.” PeopleTryingDemocracyHugeTaxesAmbitionIndiaIndianLiftsMinistersHopefulPrimePrime MinisterInfrastructureMomentum Author:Jamie Dimon
“Today, of course, the world's perception of India has changed tremendously. People understand its role in world affairs; they understand that India is not some backward nation. In fact, it is the fastest growing free-market democracy in the world today, and that says it all.” PeopleWorldFactsTodayCoursesNationsRolesDemocracyGrowingChangedPerceptionIndiaAffairFree MarketWorld TodayWorld Affairs Author:Kabir Bedi
“I actually did a quick survey of how caste plays out in contemporary India. The idea that democracy and development have in some ways eroded caste turned out not to be the case, that it has in fact been entrenched and modernised.” WayIdeasPlayFactsCasesDemocracyDevelopmentIndiaContemporarySurveysCastes Author:Arundhati Roy
“Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and those who suffer the decisions, the Indian government just goes ahead and does what it wants. The people also assume that this is their lot, their karma, what was written. It's quite an efficient way of doing things. Therefore, India has a very good reputation in the world as a democracy, as a government that cares, that has just got too much on its hands, whereas, in fact, it's actually creating the problems.” PeopleWorldWayWantDoeFactsProblemHandsGovernmentCareSufferingSocialDecisionDemocracyToo MuchWrittenCreatingIndiaAssumingVery GoodKarmaReputationIndianLinksEfficientCastesCaste SystemGood Reputation 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
“In my childhood, and particularly when I take the responsibility, I already have sort of keen desire, we must change our system. Then as soon as we reach India, 1959, at once we start working for democratization. Now here if remain in a political sort of field, supreme leader, at the same time religious leader, that may become hindrance of proper democracy.” IfsMayPoliticalDesireReligiousResponsibilityLeaderDemocracyChildhoodFieldsIndiaSupremeHindranceReligious LeadersDemocratization Author:Dalai Lama
“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
“Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties and independent newspapers, cannot help but make such an effort. Not surprisingly, while India continued to have famines under British rule right up to independence... they disappeared suddenly with the establishment of a multiparty democracy and... a free press and an active political opposition constitute the best early-warning system a country threaten by famines can have.” IfsCountryHelpingGovernmentPoliticalEasyPartyEffortDemocracySeriousCriticismIndiaIndependentElectionIndependencePressesDemocraticBritishActiveNewspapersOppositionWarningEstablishmentFamineFree PressDemocratic GovernmentOpposition PartiesBritish Rule Author:Amartya Sen
“Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.” NeedsDoeHandsPoliticalRealizingPracticeDemocracyFairsIndiaRateUniversityDespiteRegimesEfficientRulersIlliteracyDiploma Author:Alaa Al Aswany
“We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.” EarthChristianBeliefChristianityDemocracyThirdsIndiaIslamicDependentIndonesia Author:Jimmy Carter
“India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.” WaySelfPhilosophyGovernmentMotherLanguageCommunityRaceChristianityDemocracyEuropeIdealsIndiaMathematicsIndianVillageHinduismSelf-governmentRepublic DaySanskritHappy Independence Day IndiaMotherlandIndia Independence DayIndian Independence Day Author:Will Durant