“If you listen to the urban speech patterns there you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through a second language and end in a third. It's the very playful, very natural result of juggling languages. You are always reaching for the most appropriate phrase.” IfsEndsLanguageNaturalResultsSpeechThirdsIndiaPatternsSentencesPhrasesCharacteristicsReachingAppropriateUrbanJuggling Author:Salman Rushdie
“World' is a large term, but man must enlarge his allegiance, considering himself in the light of a world citizen... A person who truly feels: 'The world is my homeland; it is my America, my India, my Philippines, my England, my Africa,' will never lack scope for a useful and happy life. His natural local pride will know limitless expansion; he will be in touch with creative universal currents.” KnowsMenWorldFeelsPersonsLightAmericaTermNaturalCreativePrideCitizensUniversalIndiaEnglandCurrentsLocalsHappy LifeConsideringExpansionScopeLimitlessAllegianceHomelandPhilippinesWorld Citizen Author:Paramahansa Yogananda
“I get upset when so many people say there are all sorts of problems in Africa and India where they have these big families. They don't realize that 10 children in rural Tanzania will use less natural resources in a year than one middle class American child. People don't think like that.” PeopleThinkingYearsChildrenUseProblemBigsRealizingNaturalClassMiddleResourcesIndiaUpsetMiddle ClassNatural ResourcesBig FamiliesTanzania Author:Jane Goodall
“If I have to describe the India-US relationship in a single word, I will say we are natural allies. I think the relationship between India and US, and the two countries in themselves, have played an enormously important role and continue to play an important role in strengthening democratic values all over the world.” IfsThinkingWorldTwoImportantCountryPlayValuesNaturalRolesIndiaDemocraticAlliesStrengtheningSingle WordTwo CountriesDemocratic Values Author:Narendra Modi
“I feel ashamed that the new, nuclear, neo-liberal India thinks of itself as a 'natural ally' of Israel. Ever since India began to call itself an emerging superpower, it has become a slavish, groveling satellite state of the US.” ThinkingFeelsStatesNaturalIndiaIsraelNuclearAshamedAlliesEmergingSuperpowerSatellitesGroveling Author:Arundhati Roy
“The seven things that make up the rainbow of India's development are India's strong and deep rooted family system, Agriculture-Animal development, India's Matru Shakti (women power), Natural Resources (Jal, Jameen, Jungle), Youth power, Vibrant Democracy and Knowledge.” StrongNaturalAnimalDemocracyYouthDevelopmentResourcesIndiaSevenRootedRainbowAgricultureJungleGovernanceNatural ResourcesWomen PowerShakti Author:Narendra Modi
“The trend lines in research and innovation look good for places such as India and China and less good for America as we go forward. So even if you're not enchanted by the prospect of cosmic discovery, the prospect of dying poor may be what it takes to understand the role of this adventure in the future of the natural world in which we live.” IfsWorldLooksMayAmericaNaturalLinesPoorRolesDyingAdventureResearchDiscoveryIndiaInnovationChinaTrendsCosmicNatural WorldEnchantedResearch And Innovation Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice.” NaturalWealthJusticeResponsibilityIssuesRichGenerationsIndiaClimateClimate ChangeFuture GenerationTrustees Author:Narendra Modi
“It was difficult in India to find an eight year old who could play a widow. The reason for that is that most of the children in India are really exposed to Bollywood. It's commercial Indian cinema which is really over the top. To find an actor, or even a non-actor, who felt natural was difficult.” YearsChildrenReasonPlayActorsFeltDifficultNaturalIndiaEightIndianCinemaExposedWidowsOver The TopBollywood Author:Deepa Mehta
“I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical and natural singers in the world, just because the patterns and the inflection are so complex in how the style moves and what it requires vocally. I think the best classical singers come from India.” ThinkingWorldRealMovingNaturalStyleProduceSingingIndiaComplexesPatternsSingersIndianIndian Music Author:Miguel
“You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.” WorldWholeProblemLawNamesNaturalReligiousIndiaMythologyIrelandPakistanOutlookNatural LifeIndia And PakistanIndia Pakistan Author:Jack Kevorkian
“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
“Even if America tomorrow - and it won't happen overnight - but if we did reduce our demand for gas and natural gas and crude oil by a significant degree, that does have an exponential effect on producers in the Middle East, everything else being equal. But if China's demand is growing and India's demand is growing, they are not going back.” IfsDoeHappensAmericaNaturalGrowingMiddleEffectsTomorrowDemandEqualDegreesIndiaChinaOilEastSignificantProducersGasMiddle EastCrudeNatural GasBeing EqualCrude Oil Author:Thomas Friedman
“Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.” YearsCountryMotherNaturalMarriedDaughterRootsIndiaBeing MarriedComplementWesterners Author:Francois Gautier
“The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On the face of India are the tender expressions which carry the mark of the Creators hand.” WayRealHandsFacesNaturalVisionExpressionIndiaMarkCreatorIndianMaskVeilsUnnaturalIndian Culture Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Spirituality is the master key of the Indian mind. It is this dominant inclination of India which gives character to all the expressions of her culture. In fact, they have grown out of her inborn spiritual tendency of which her religion is a natural out flowering. The Indian mind has always realized that the Supreme is the Infinite and perceived that to the soul in Nature the Infinite must always present itself in an infinite variety of aspects.” GivingMindSoulCharacterFactsSpiritualCultureSpiritualityNaturalExpressionMastersKeysAspectIndiaInfiniteSupremeTendenciesVarietyIndianDominantInclinationFloweringSpiritual Indian Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Thirty years ago, if you said the country was living beyond its means, people would have thought about economics. Now, if you talk about the country, or the planet living beyond its means, you think about the environment. We are taking out more than we are giving back. We are consuming energy, water, and other natural resources in a way that is leading to huge and often irreversible damage to the planet. So too are most other developed nations. And so too will China and India if they follow the same path of economic development as us” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingYearsMeanSaidCountryEnergyNationsWaterNaturalPathEnvironmentEconomicPlanetsHugeDevelopmentResourcesYears AgoEconomicsIndiaChinaThirtyDamageGiving BackConsumingThirty YearsNatural ResourcesMean PeopleEconomic DevelopmentIrreversibleChina And IndiaDeveloped Nations Author:David Miliband
“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