“Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the political parties were anti-Congress. To have a coalition, to run a coalition government, you require a lot of adjustments, a lot of flexibility.” CountryGovernmentRunningPoliticalCoursesDifficultPartyTasksIndiaCongressPolitical PartiesFlexibilityAdjustmentCoalitionsDifficult Tasks Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.” BelieveLongFactsGovernmentRunningMovingLawCertainDecisionPartyDemocracyTakenAdvantageIndiaCommittedChineseLong RunsRule Of Law Author:Manmohan Singh
“I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar and nuts. But of course the elephant wasn't satisfied.” KnowsCoursesPartyWifeRepublicanIndiaMy WifeGladSatisfiedNutsSugarElephantsFeeding Book:The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy Source: The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy
“As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical...it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions.” ThinkingFeelsChildrenBigsFilmPartyEmotionLaughingCryLike YouSingingIndiaDancingCinema Author:Karan Johar
“India is a democracy; it is in our DNA. As far as the different political parties are concerned, I firmly believe that they have the maturity and wisdom to make decisions that are in the best interests of the nation.” BelieveDifferentPoliticalNationsInterestDecisionPartyDemocracyConcernedIndiaMaturityDnaPolitical Parties Author:Narendra Modi
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of the political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.” PeopleWritingFacesPoliticalLanguagePartySpeechArgumentIndiaAimBritishDefenseOur TimeBombsJapanSquaresAtomsBrutalSheerPolitical PartiesDroppingBeggingCloudyEuphemismAtom BombDeportationContinuanceVaguenessPolitical SpeechesPolitical LanguageBritish RuleSpeech And WritingBritish Rule In India Book:Orwell and Politics Source: Orwell and Politics
“We need efforts to integrate the nation, not divide it. The 2014 elections is about voting for India. It is to decide what kind of India we want to create. So Vote for India. Neither for a person, nor for a party, let us Vote for India.” WantNeedsKindPersonsNationsPartyEffortDemocracyVoteIndiaElectionVotingDividesIntegrating Author:Narendra Modi
“These elections won't be about the manifesto of parties, but about manifesto of the people and their dreams who want peace and prosperity.” PeopleWantDreamPartyDemocracyIndiaElectionProsperityManifestos Author:Narendra Modi
“Team Work is the essence of good governance. It is necessary to form a team within the party and also within the administrative system.” FormPartyTeamEssenceIndiaGovernanceTeam WorkAdministrativeGood Governance Author:Narendra Modi
“BJP is a political party with a difference that aims at good governance. This is proved by the fact that three of the five Chief Ministers according to a recent NDTV survey/poll are from BJP-ruled states.” StatesFactsPoliticalThreeDifferencesPartyFiveIndiaAimChiefsMinistersPolitical PartiesPollsGovernanceSurveysGood GovernanceBjp Author:Narendra Modi
“I am proud to be from an ideology. Our ideology is that the Nation is bigger than party. We will live and die for the nation. Our ideology is not about aspiring for posts, it's based of sacrifice.” DiesPoliticsNationsPartySacrificeProudIndiaBiggerIdeologyPosts Author:Narendra Modi
“The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate.” PersonsHas BeensValuesPoorPartyEmpowermentIndiaDemocraticLike MeOptimisticCandidatesPrimeSectionsDemocratic ValuesBjp Author:Narendra Modi
“It would be a blunder of the first magnitude for the British to be a party, in any way whatsoever, to the division of India.” WayFirstsWould BePartyIndiaBritishDivisionMagnitudeBlunders Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“We must see that regional imbalances in the growth of various parties of the country are removed and all the states progress evenly. We shall ensure that all citizens of the country get full opportunity to contribute their might towards India's progress.” CountryStatesMightOpportunityGrowthPartyProgressCitizensIndiaVariousImbalance Author:Rajiv Gandhi
“India has always maintained that there will be no third party in Indo-Pak talks. Hurriyat cannot be a party.” PartyThirdsIndiaThird Parties Author:Sushma Swaraj
“Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one country after another, like Somalia and Ethiopia, or in one-party states like the Soviet Union and China.” CountryMatterStatesPartyMilitaryIndiaUnionsChinaBritishAdministrationSovietIrelandDictatorSoviet UnionFamineEthiopiaSomalia Author:Amartya Sen
“In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were correct.” PeopleFactsMovingPartyIndiaCommunist Author:Indira Gandhi
“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
“All of a sudden inscriptions appeared on walls. Signs appeared. And that 'no' exploded all over India, in an act of pride that surprised even me. Then even the political parties, all of them, even the deputies in Parliament, said no: it's better to die of hunger than be taken for a nation of beggars.” SaidPoliticalDiesNationsPartyTakenWallPrideIndiaHungerPolitical PartiesParliamentBeggarInscriptionsDeputies Author:Indira Gandhi
“I believe that a party wishing equality for India does exist in Britain. But it is an insignificant minority, and while I honour and like their opinion I cannot be enthused over it, for I know that those who shape policy and dominate are otherwise inclined. For me, therefore, it is only the Secretary of State who counts.” KnowsBelieveDoeStatesI BelieveWishPartyOpinionPolicyShapesIndiaBritainMinoritiesOver ItHonourSecretaryInsignificant Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“In India, we have a right wing that is so vicious and so openly wicked, which is the Baratiya Janata party (BJP), and then we have the Congress party, which does almost worse things, but does it by night. And people feel that the only choices they have are to vote for this or for that. And my point is that, whoever you vote for, it doesn't have to consume all the oxygen in the political debate.” PeopleFeelsDoePoliticalNightChoicesPartyVoteIndiaWingsCongressDebateWickedViciousOxygenRight WingPolitical DebatesBjpCongress Party Author:Arundhati Roy
“Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war.” WarPartyIndiaTeaTea Party Author:Salman Rushdie
“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
“Returning to power in northern India is very important for the Congress party. No magic wand will work. We have to make our efforts. It will be a long and difficult struggle for us.” LongImportantDifficultPartyEffortStruggleMagicIndiaCongressWandsMagic WandsCongress Party Author:Sonia Gandhi
“For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party” PeopleFightingPartyIndiaCongressCongress Party Author:Rahul Gandhi
“One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend, it would be the cause of the British Empire in India ... Our fight is hard. It will also be long ... But win or lose, we must do our duty. If the British people are to lose their Indian Empire, they shall do so with their eyes open.” PeopleIfsWorldLongHardWould BeEyeFightingWinningCausesLosesPartyDutyIndiaConservativeBritishIndianEmpiresBritish EmpireWin Or LoseConservative Party Author:Winston Churchill