“I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.” OfficeIndiaSouthFranceRogerDelhi Author:Ines de La Fressange
“It was an axiom of "containment" that no part of the known world could be considered neutral. "Neutralism" was among the Cold Warriors' gravest curse words, applied with caustic hostility to India and even France. Those who were not with were against, subjected to intense economic and ideological and sometimes military pressure to fall into line.” WorldSometimesFallLinesKnownEconomicMilitaryColdIndiaPressureIntenseWarriorFranceCurseCold WarHostilityIdeologicalAxiomsContainmentCausticCurse Words Book:For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports Source: For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports
“In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks; in India there was Mother Teresa and in Florida there was Katherine Harris.” PoliticalMotherPoliticsIndiaSouthFranceParksFloridaArcsNightingalesTeresaRosaFlorenceCrimeaFlorence Nightingale Author:Larry Gatlin
“England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.” EuropeIndiaEnglandWestFranceContinentsRivalsWest Indies Book:Epochs of American History Source: Epochs of American History
“I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or if they come out victorious over Germany ruined and humbled?” IfsThinkingFallLanguageIndiaEnglandFranceGermanyRuinedEnglish LanguageEnglishmenDeliverance Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“How is it having more control if there are businesses from China, India, America choosing Germany and France over London?” IfsAmericaIndiaChinaLondonFranceGermany Author:Sadiq Khan
“In particular, recently Belgium has banned the sale of a cellphone to a 7-year-old. Turkey has banned ads and advertising to children. So has France for children under 12. India has bans in certain areas. In Bangalore, you cannot sell a cellphone to someone younger than 16. So in different parts of the world, they've taken different steps.” WorldYearsChildrenDifferentCertainStepsTakenParticularAreasIndiaSellsAdvertisingFranceAdsTurkeysBansBannedBelgiumCellphoneBangalore Author:Devra Davis
“I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.” YearsAgeMovingMy OwnAdultsEuropeIndiaEnglandEightFinanceFranceSwitzerlandFrance And England Author:Indira Gandhi
“The French movies that are promoted abroad are the ones that give a trendy, cultural, petit bourgeois, upper class image of France, but it's true that people who are poor in France are the same in New York or in India.” PeopleGivingPoorClassNew YorkIndiaFranceBourgeoisUpper ClassTrendyFrench Movies Author:Gaspar Noe
“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
“To achieve effectiveness and legitimacy it is time to scrap the right of veto given to permanent members of the UN, or at least severely restrict its use. It is also time to either abandon the idea of permanent membership or broaden it to reflect the rise of non-Western states to the status of global leaders (e.g. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa), and to downgrade European representation by either giving the European Union a single seat or rotating a European state among Germany, France, UK, and Italy.” GivingIdeasStatesUseGivenLeaderAchieveMembersIndiaUnionsSouthWesternFrancePermanentGermanySeatsAbandonSouth AfricaRepresentationTurkeysIndonesiaEffectivenessEuropean UnionScrapBrazilMembershipLegitimacyVetoRotating Author:Richard A. Falk
“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