“As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age.” AgePastCoursesNextViewsIndiaFocusedGoldenAlchemyGolden AgeLearn From The Past Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“Our policy is not to discourage the private sector, but to see that Air India plays the role of flagship in the industry. In the transport sector, Air India is the 'fate of India' and all efforts will be made to restore its past glory.” MadePlayPastEffortRolesFateAirPolicyIndustryGloryIndiaDiscouragingTransportPrivate Sector Author:Vayalar Ravi
“The Ganga to me is the symbol of India's memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.” Has BeensPastOceanFlowIndiaSymbolsMemorable Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“Rama is a fairly common name in India. It symbolizes an individual who is interested both in enlightenment and martial arts. I do not claim to have any past life connection with the historical Rama. It's just a name I liked.” ArtPastNamesIndividualCommonEnlightenmentConnectionsIndiaClaimsHistoricalMartial ArtsRamaPast Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe's past. So for Europeans we are like Belgiums in the Congo, or the French in Alger, or the British in India. Strange interlopers in somebody else's land. But in fact, we [Israeli] have been here for 4,000 years. This is our ancestral homeland.” WayYearsHas BeensFactsAmericaPastDifferencesViewsLandStrangeEuropeIndiaImportanceIsraelBritishColonialismIsraeliHomelandCongo Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“We can see how the role of mobile has changed in past 20 years. It is a perfect example of how one innovation can change an entire era.” YearsPastPerfectRolesTechnologyExampleChangedIndiaInnovationErasMobileInformation Technology Author:Narendra Modi
“A tourist will come drawn to its beautiful past but we need to put efforts for creating systems to make them stay here.” NeedsPastBeautifulEffortCreatingIndiaTouristsTourism Author:Narendra Modi
“It used to hurt me in the past years to hear people say they want to leave India. But with the experience of past few months, I can say that we have removed that gloom from the minds of the people.” PeopleWantYearsMindI CanPastUsedMotivationHurtMonthsIndiaGloomHurt Me Author:Narendra Modi
“If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstances. All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again. I cite the great civilizations of China and India.” IfsMenWorldShouldMadeSoulPastFormCan DoCircumstancesCivilizationProtectIndiaChinaBloodyDogmaticCitingBandagesChina And India Author:Theodore Dreiser
“Our task today is to bring India to the threshold of the twenty-first century, free of burden of poverty, legacy of our colonial past, and capable of meeting the rising aspirations of our people.” PeopleFirstsTodayPastPovertyCenturyCapableTasksIndiaTwentiesMeetingsBurdenLegacyAspirationRisingThreshold Book:Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: statements on foreign policy, May-August 1985 Source: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: statements on foreign policy, May-August 1985
“Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows and the cyclists. So for the first time the sacred cow in India, which used to be such a wonderful speed-breaker, is now seen as a nuisance. For the first time, Ive seen cows being hit and hurt. These guys just go right past, and if the cow is sitting on the road, they dont care. We cant afford to have a sacred car rather than a sacred cow.” IfsFirstsCarePastUsedGuyHurtWonderfulStreetsCarModelsSittingFirst TimeIndiaSacredDon't CareSpeedUsed To BeCowsIntoleranceNuisanceNew CarDelhiCyclistsSacred Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw India's past as part of an antiquity rendered irrelevant by modernity, which with its science, nation states, free enterprises, and consumer societies was supposed to have solved all problems.” FirstsLittlesStatesProblemPastNationsSawsConcernTraditionDecidedAccountsIndiaConsumersIndianEnterpriseIrrelevantModernityAntiquityPreoccupationFree Enterprise Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Recently, [Diana Wilson] went on a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's refusal to accept responsibility for a 1984 chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, caused by a company they now own, Union Carbide. In the past, Diane's hunger strikes had been lonely affairs, but this time friends and co-conspirators from around the country took turns joining her on her flatbed truck under the hot Texas sun, greeting Dow workers as they entered the plant.” CountryPastTurnsResponsibilityCompanyAcceptingSunLonelyIndiaHotUnionsPlantWorkersAffairHungerStrikesDisasterProtestTexasChemicalsTruckRefusalJoiningWilsonGreetingsDianaConspiratorsHunger Strike Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“In India's distant past, when the population was low, the blessing given a woman was, 'May you have many children.' Most of our epics and literature stress this wish, and the idea that a woman should have many children hasn't declined.” ShouldMayChildrenIdeasPastLiteratureGivenWishBlessingLowsShould HaveIndiaStressPopulationEpic Author:Indira Gandhi
“In the Western world, women have no other choice. In India, no. And I'll explain the reason. It's a reason that also has to do with my own case. In India women have never been a hostile competition with men - even in the most distant past, every time a woman emerged as a leader, perhaps as a queen, the people accepted her. As something normal and not exceptional.” PeopleMenWorldReasonPastChoicesMy OwnLeaderCasesNormalIndiaCompetitionWesternAcceptedQueensHostileExceptionalWestern World Author:Indira Gandhi
“India and Burma have been close friends since the days we were struggling for independence. And I'm a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and all those leaders of India's independence movement. I would like to believe the aspirations and hopes we shared in the past will continue to bind us in the future.” BelieveHas BeensPastLeaderStruggleMovementIndiaIndependenceAspirationClose FriendsAdmirerBurmaNehru Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Most jobs are outsourced to the past, they aren't outsourced to India or Mexico or Pakistan or anywhere else.” JobsPastIndiaMexicoPakistanOutsourced Author:Thomas Friedman
“As a global society we are performing a great experiment on ourselves. Half of the world population wants to race faster into the future. Go visit China and India. They're ready to go. And half of the world wants to drag us into the past. The problem is both sides have guns. I think there really is a reaction. A lot of people are saying enough is enough.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantEnoughProblemPastSidesRaceHalfReadyGunIndiaPopulationChinaExperimentsReactionsFasterPerformingDragBoth SidesEnough Is EnoughWorld PopulationChina And India Author:Paul Saffo
“Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so remote as to be forgotten. But they trample with their heavy boots over the sensitive, delicate susceptibilities of an ancient, highly civilized and cultured nation, such as India.” PastNationsIndiaRelationForgottenAncientHeavySensitiveCivilizedDelicateBootsBrutalTribesUncivilizedSusceptibilityBritonsColonistsHeavy Boots Author:Annie Besant
“The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better term. But it’s a concept that’s rarely given a proper explanation. It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.” MomentsUsePastGivenTermConceptsIndiaEternityKarmaExplanationPresent Moment Author:Paulo Coelho
“I spent the past week here in India getting a sense of the reality of HIV and AIDS in people's lives. Fathers and mothers are dying, leaving children with no support. Stigma and discrimination is ruining the family lives. There is an urgent need for education, information, and increased awareness of HIV and AIDS. The response needs to be now. We cannot afford to become fatigued.” PeopleNeedsChildrenRealityPastMotherFightingFatherSupportWeekDyingAwarenessInformationIndiaResponseLeavingAidsDiscriminationUrgentFamily LifeHivStigmaHiv Aids Author:Ralph Fiennes
“India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.” MenHumansPastMotherRaceMaterialsSpeechTraditionIndiaIndependenceValuableIndianHuman RaceGrandmotherRepublicLegendsHinduismCradleIndependence DayGreat NationsTreasuredIndian CultureIndependence Day PatrioticRepublic DayBirthplaceHappy Independence Day UsaHappy Independence Day IndiaHappy Independence DayIndia Independence DayInspiring Independence DayIndian Independence DayGrand MotherUs Independence DayIndian Patriotic Author:Mark Twain
“The prosperity and advancement of a nation depend upon its intelligentsia, and Muslim India is looking forward to her young generation and education classes to give a bold lead for our guidance and a brilliant record of histrorical achievements and traditions.” IfsGivingPastYoungNationsResponsibilityClassRecordsGenerationsDutyDependsAchievementTraditionIndiaIslamProsperityWorthyBrilliantGuidanceGloriousJustifyRealisingLooking ForwardAdvancementYoung GenerationQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“In religion, India is the only millionaire... the One land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined.” MenGivingShowsPastDesireLandIndiaIndianGlobesGlimpseMillionaireIndia Independence DayIndian Independence Day Author:Mark Twain
“India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.” StillsCountryMatterPastModernIndiaCuriousPreservesModern India Author:Anita Desai