“Militarily, the great movements of resistance against colonial powers in the 18th and 19th century were almost all from Sufis: Imam Shamil in Caucasia, Amir Abd al Qadir in Algeria, The Barelvi family in the modern province of India, today which is Pakistan, and you can go down the line.” TodayLinesModernCenturyMovementIndiaResistanceAlsPakistanSufi19th CenturyProvincesAlgeriaAmir Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“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
“I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.” FeelsCommonIndiaIsraelPakistanPalestineIndia And Pakistan Author:Freida Pinto
“In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.” WorldRealCountryHurtIndiaTerroristReal WorldPakistan Author:Salman Rushdie
“In an ideal world, you could reunite the Pakistan-occupied part of Kashmir with the Indian-occupied part and restore the old borders. You could have both India and Pakistan agreeing to guarantee those borders, demilitarise the area, and to invest in it economically. In a sane world that would happen, but we don't live in a sane world.” WorldHappensAreasIdealsIndiaIndianBordersGuaranteesSanePakistanKashmirIdeal WorldIndia And Pakistan Author:Salman Rushdie
“Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.” ShouldTwoCountryStatesWould BeDarkInfluenceIndiaIndianRisingAfghanistanClientsPakistanHostileParanoiaTalibanUnderestimatedIndia And Pakistan Author:Salman Rushdie
“People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.” PeopleYearsLastsAsksIndiaDialogueInitiativePakistanBiharIndia And PakistanIndia Pakistan Author:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
“The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.” UsePolicyIndiaInstrumentsTerrorismMeaningfulDialogueAbandonSentimentsOverwhelmingForeign PolicyPakistanBiharIndia And PakistanIndia Pakistan Author:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
“We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.” BelieveEndsStatesPlayCommunityUnitedRolesUnited StatesInfluenceCrossesIndiaInternationalTerrorismPermanentBordersVisiblePakistanInternational CommunityBiharIndia And Pakistan Author:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
“Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy to eighty percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, mostly at the subsistence level.” CountryLevelsPercentIndiaPopulationDevelopingEngagedAgricultureAsiaPakistanSeventiesEightyDeveloping CountriesSubsistenceIndia Pakistan Author:Norman Borlaug
“Some would ask which country am I from? We are supposed to tell the truth, [so] we tell them India. Some thought it was Indiana, not India! Some did not know where India is. I said it is the country next to Pakistan.” KnowsSaidCountryNextAsksIndiaTelling The TruthPakistanIndiana Author:Thomas Friedman
“I sincerely hope that they (relations between India and Pakistan) will be friendly and cordial. We have a great deal to do...and think that we can be of use to each other (and to) the world.” ThinkingWorldUseDealsIndiaRelationFriendlyPakistanSincerelyQuaidQuaid AzamIndia And PakistanIndia Pakistan Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.” IdeasUnitedJudgmentIndiaDisasterPakistanTerrificQuaidQuaid AzamIndia And PakistanIndia Pakistan Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“I dream of moving to India, or Pakistan, and becoming a cabdriver.” DreamHumorFunnyMovingComedyBecomingIndiaPakistan Author:Zach Galifianakis
“We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.” WorldWellsHomeRealityPoliticalPovertyIndiaCraftsAfghanistanPakistanAnother WorldKenya Author:Alex Steffen
“After India's victory in the war he was asked what would have happened if he had opted to be with the Pakistan Army at the time of partition in 1947, he quipped, then I guess Pakistan would have won.” IfsWarHappenedVictoryIndiaArmyPakistanBadassPartition Author:Sam Manekshaw
“Pakistan tries mentally challenged girl of blasphemy against the Holy Book. India arrests kids for posts on Facebook. Morbid competition?” TryingBookKidsLawGirlHolyIndiaCompetitionPostsPakistanBlasphemyMorbidHoly BooksTry Me Author:Kabir Bedi
“We urge President Bush to abstain from the National Missile Defense, just as we urge China, India and Pakistan to discontinue their nuclear arsenals.” PresidentIndiaChinaDefenseNuclearUrgesPakistanPresident BushMissilesArsenalIndia And PakistanMissile Defense Author:Anna Lindh
“It is time for the rest of the world to join ... in demanding that ALL the nuclear weapons states -including Israel, India and Pakistan, but above all the US and Russia - negotiate concrete steps on a definite time-table toward the global, inspected abolition of nuclear weapons.” WorldStatesStepsWeaponsIndiaTablesIncludingIsraelNuclearRussiaConcreteNuclear WeaponsDefinitePakistanDisarmamentAbolitionIndia And Pakistan Author:Daniel Ellsberg
“If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.” IfsGovernmentFightingNationsDealsGroupsCitizensIndiaTerrorTerroristPatriotismMidstDefeatedPakistanIndia And Pakistan Author:William Kristol