“Yeah, my dad was in the foreign service. We lived in India, Indonesia and Africa, and we traveled a lot from those places. I was 10 when we moved back, and I felt like the odd guy out. It wasn't until later that I appreciated it. But coming back I didn't know any TV shows or music, which was even worse.” KnowsShowsGuyFeltTvsDadIndiaYeahMovedMy DadOddTraveledTv ShowsComing BackAppreciatedIndonesiaForeign Service Author:Dylan Walsh
“I want to be the first Pakistani, like some of our counterparts in India, to really go out and show that we Pakistanis can even be successful outside Pakistan.” WantFirstsShowsSuccessfulIndiaBeing SuccessfulPakistanCounterparts Author:Mian Muhammad Mansha
“Bodhidharma who brought Zen from India to the Orient, taught a very pure Zen - in that it was pure Zen. He wanted to show that the way still existed and wanted to get back to its essence.” WayStillsShowsWantedTaughtPureEssenceIndiaGet BackIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“The book [ A Passage to India ] shows signs of fatigue and disillusionment; but it has chapters of clear and triumphant beauty, and above all it makes us wonder, what will he write next?” WritingBookShowsNextWonderClearIndiaPassagesChaptersFatigueDisillusionmentTriumphant Author:E. M. Forster
“The translation of the Veda will hereafter tell to a great extent on the fate of India and on the growth of millions of souls in that country. It is the root of their religion, and to show them what the root is, I feel sure, is the only way of uprooting all that has sprung from it during the last 3000 years.” WayFeelsYearsSoulCountryShowsLastsGrowthMillionsFateRootsIndiaTranslationsHereafterSprungVedasUprooting Author:Max Muller
“If we decide, we can change the pitiable condition of Indian economy. We have to take up the responsibility and show commitment.” IfsShowsResponsibilityEconomyConditionsCommitmentIndiaIndianGovernance Author:Narendra Modi
“The UPA government is non-serious, it has taken the people for granted & it is not bothered about the youth. Their approach shows lack of faith in democracy. Our goal is to win the trust of the people & give dignity to them.” PeopleGivingShowsGovernmentPoliticsWinningGoalDemocracyTakenYouthSeriousApproachDignityIndiaGrantedBotheredLack Of FaithNot Bothered Author:Narendra Modi
“The prosecution of [Warren] Hastings, though he should escape at last, must have good effect. It will alarm the servants of the Company in India, that they may not always plunder with impunity, but that there may be a retrospect; and it will show them that even bribes of diamonds to the Crown may not secure them from prosecution.” ShouldMayShowsLastsCompanyEffectsIndiaSecureServantDiamondCrownsAlarmsRetrospectBribeImpunityPlunderProsecution Author:Horace Walpole
“What's happened recently in Pakistan, India and Kuwait only goes to show that it's futile to imitate Western democracy. They've ended up exactly where they started.” ShowsDemocracyHappenedIndiaWesternPakistanKuwait Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“The budget is forward looking growth engine and will promote transparency and integrity. It is for the common people. This budget shows where we want to take India through railways. It budget aspires for better service, speed and safety. It is an effort to create modern railways contributing towards a developed India.” PeopleWantShowsPoliticsGrowthCommonEffortModernIntegrityIndiaSafetySpeedBudgetsEnginesAspireTransparencyContributingRailway Author:Narendra Modi
“Until we resolve to stand up & walk, we won't find people to show us directions...I am confident that 125 crore Indians are capable to walk and will keep walking always.” PeopleShowsWalksWalkingCapableIndiaInnovationResolve Author:Narendra Modi
“Time has come to show India's strength to the world. Lets recognise our demographic dividend & present image of a Skilled India to the world.” WorldShowsIndiaInnovationRecogniseDemographicsDividends Author:Narendra Modi
“I don't collect things per se, but I do pick up things as I go. Like, in my studio I have an old sewing machine from Germany that my dad gave me, and then something else that I got from a friend in India, and a piece of flooring from one of my shows.” ShowsPiecesDadPicksMachinesIndiaMy DadStudiosGermanySewing Author:Jason Wu
“Each one of us pray, day and night, for the downtrodden millions in India, who are held fast by poverty, priest craft, and tyranny - pray day and night for them. I am no meta physician, no philosopher, nay, no saint. But I am poor, I love the poor.... Let these people be your God - think of them, work for them, pray for them incessantly - the Lord will show you the way.” PeopleThinkingWayShowsNightPoorLordPovertyMillionsPrayingIndiaSaintPhilosopherTyrannyCraftsPriestsPhysiciansDay And NightIncessantlyDowntrodden Author:Swami Vivekananda
“My main contribution was to demolish the myths that India couldn't economically afford nuclear weapons. Of course I made these political arguments too, but the main contribution I made was a study of the cost of acquiring a credible deterrent, and show that it was within the budget of India, and it would not be an unbearable burden.” MadeShowsPoliticalCoursesStudyCostWeaponsArgumentIndiaBurdenMythNuclearBudgetsContributionNuclear WeaponsUnbearableCredibleDeterrentDemolishPolitical Arguments Author:Subramanian Swamy
“My dad is an engineer by trade but worked a lot with the people in the Indian film industry when I was growing up. He started out distributing films from India here in the '70s because there was no place to go for people to watch movies from the homeland. So he developed a network of actors, writers, directors, and musicians that became his friends and that he would tour around the country with, doing stage shows of the musical numbers from their films.” PeopleCountryShowsFilmActorsNumbersWatchesGrowing UpGrowingStageIndustryDadDirectorsMusicianIndiaTradeMusicalMy DadIndianEngineersHomelandFilm IndustryPlaces To GoWatch Movie Author:Meera Menon
“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
“The sun has blessed you," Sarita used to say. "Look how he has left his kisses on your face for all to see and be jealous." "The sun loves you more," I said, rubbing my hands over her dry arms, the color of an aged wine gourd, and she laughed. But this is not India and we are not prized for our freckles here. The sun is not allowed to show his love.” LooksSaidShowsHandsFacesUsedLeftSunLove YouColorArmsKissingIndiaBlessedWineDryYour FaceJealousLaughedHis LoveBeing JealousLove You MoreFrecklesGourds Author:Libba Bray
“An examination of Indian Vedic doctrines shows that it is in tune with the most advanced scientific and philosophical thought of the West.” ShowsIndiaPhilosophicalWestDoctrineIndianTunesHinduismExamination Author:Sir John Woodroffe
“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