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“I went to University in 1991, and I remember, nobody thought of India. I remember conversations where people would laugh and say, "Do you have elephants on the road?" Nobody is saying that today.”

People Today Remember Laughing Conversation India University Elephants

Author:Rahul Gandhi

“Postcolonialism is the invention of some rich guys from India who saw that they could make a good career in top Western universities by playing on the guilt of white liberals.”

Guy White Careers Rich Saws India Guilt Western University Invention

Author:Slavoj Žižek

“I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.”

Philosophy Careers Study Teacher Degrees India University Massachusetts

Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie

“Whatever education a university or institutes of higher education imparts, it must achieve the global level of benchmarking given the vastness and diversity of global village we live in today.”

Today Given Levels Education Achieve Higher Diversity India University Village Institute Impart Higher Education Vastness Institutes Global Village

Author:Narendra Modi

“We don't only want to make robots in universities; we want to create good humans. We can't shape a world only with the help of robots made out of technical know-how. We can't be useful to humankind if there are no sentiments in life.”

Ifs Knows World Want Humans Made Helping Education Know How Shapes India University Sentiments Humankind Robots

Author:Narendra Modi

“There is every reason for being cautious about founding new universities till India has digested Her newly acquired freedom.”

Reason India University Founding Cautious

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“It fulfils the purpose of Universities if they can find out ways of achieving those feats which haven't been achieved till now.”

Ifs Way Purpose Education Achieve Havens India University Feats

Author:Narendra Modi

“Thinking of this University [Ambedkar University] today, we are reminded of Mahatma Gandhi because if there was anyone who fought for the weak in India, the first one to raise his voice for Scheduled Castes, that was Gandhiji. There were social workers before him but not any people who raised this matter in the political arena as he did.”

Source: Selected Speeches and Writings: January 1989 to November 1989

“My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.”

India University Grandmother Grandfather My Grandmother Great Grandfather Punjab

Author:Joe Biden

“Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.”

Needs Doe Hands Political Realizing Practice Democracy Fairs India Rate University Despite Regimes Efficient Rulers Illiteracy Diploma

Author:Alaa Al Aswany