“Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India, is not only a classic perfume oil but is also a traditional remedy for sore throats and laryngitis. Lavender oil, so often used in toilet waters and scented sachets, has a dramatic healing action on burns.” ActionUsedWaterPowerfulHealingIndiaOilTraditionalDramaticClassicThroatRemedyConventionalPerfumeToiletsFluLavenderAntibioticsCinnamonMicroorganismsAromatherapySandalwoodMedicinal HerbsSore Throat Author:Robert Tisserand
“India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.” PeopleHumansUsedCenturyLike YouResourcesIndiaOil21st Century20th CenturyHuman ResourcesArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Rahul Gandhi
“The world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. But our youth has surprised the world with its IT [information technology] skills. I dream of a digital India.” ThinkingWorldDreamUsedBlackPowerfulMagicLandYouthSkillsIndiaDigitalSnakesBlack MagicCharmersDigital India Author:Narendra Modi
“To me technology used wisely is a catalyst to magically transforming the way we live.” WayUsedTechnologyIndiaTransformingCatalystInformation Technology 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
“Earlier we used to play with snakes, but now we play with mouse. Through IT, India's youth has surprised the entire World!” WorldPlayUsedMotivationYouthIndiaMiceSnakes Author:Narendra Modi
“In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth, such as brazilwood and pepper, which added a new range of sense experience to a civilization which had never suspected its own insipidity... From these same lands our modern Marco Polos now bring back the moral spices of which our society feels an increasing need as it is conscious of sinking further into boredom, but that this time they take the form of photographs, books, and travelers tales.” PeopleNeedsFeelsLittlesHas BeensBookSeemsFormUsedOrderMoralRiskModernLandProductsCivilizationConsciousIndiaPhotographTalesRangeBoredomOur SocietyTravelerSpicesOld DaysSinkingPeppersMarcosPoloMarco Polo Author:Claude Levi-Strauss
“Every predecessor has used mercenaries, often drawn from the country that they're attacking like England ran India with Indian mercenaries. You take them from one place and send them to kill people in the other place. That's the standard way to run imperial wars.” PeopleWayWarCountryRunningUsedStandardsIndiaEnglandIndianRanAttackingPredecessors Author:Noam Chomsky
“There was this big skiffle craze happening for a while in England.... Everybody was in a skiffle group..All you needed was an acoustic Guitar, a washboard with thimbles for percussion, and a tea-chest- you know, the ones they used to ship tea from India- and you just put a broom handle on it and a bit of string, and you had a bass..you only needed two chords; Jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing. And I think that's basically where i've always been at. I'm just a skiffler, you know. Now I do posh skiffle, that's all it is.” ThinkingKnowsTwoBigsUsedBitsGroupsNeededHappeningsIndiaEnglandGuitarHandleShipsTeaStringsChestsChordsBassAcousticsBroomsAcoustic GuitarPoshPercussionCraze Author:George Harrison
“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
“The journey to sacred places is the most common way that people travel in India. They are always going on pilgrimages to sacred places. They are always undertaking spiritual journeys to visit the great shrines in the Himalayan tier of pilgrimage places; these places are called tirthas, a word that means "crossing place," a place where you can cross the river to the far shore but also cross over into another dimension of life. Cross over to heaven, in one sense it's used.” PeopleWayMeanSpiritualUsedHeavenCommonJourneyRiversCrossesIndiaSacredDimensionsShoreCrossingsUndertakingsPilgrimageSpiritual JourneyShrinesSacred Places Author:Diana L. Eck
“If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.” PeopleIfsTwoCountryUsedSpiritCultureLanguageSkyHonorLimitsCommitmentLettersIndiaTerroristTiesTerritoryCooperationPakistanPromotingTwo CountriesSky Is The Limit Author:Manmohan Singh
“I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and India. You learn a whole range of things about how other people are living and try to connect with them to gain an understanding of where they're coming from.” PeopleWorldTryingCountryWholeUsedUnderstandingPoorGainsIndiaRangeKoreaOrganisationPhilippinesBangladeshPoor CountriesWorld Health Author:Robert Winston
“To the philosophers of India, however, Relativity is no new discovery, just as the concept of light years is no matter for astonishment to people used to thinking of time in millions of kalpas, (A kalpa is about 4,320,000 years). The fact that the wise men of India have not been concerned with technological applications of this knowledge arises from the circumstance that technology is but one of innumerable ways of applying it.” PeopleThinkingMenWayYearsMatterFactsLightUsedMillionsTechnologyWiseCircumstancesConceptsDiscoveryConcernedIndiaPhilosopherAriseApplicationTechnologicalRelativityAstonishmentNew DiscoveriesLight Years Author:Alan Watts
“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
“Years ago, when he was around fourteen, he'd been all hipped on the idea of going to India. He read books about people sitting on rocks, naked, in all kinds of weather, but mostly bad, naturally, and walking barefoot through hot coals and arriving at wisdom. I used to say that it sounded to me as though they were getting away from wisdom as fast as they could. I think he sort of looked down on me for that.” PeopleThinkingYearsKindBookIdeasUsedRocksWalkingSittingYears AgoIndiaHotNakedWeatherAll KindsGet AwayCoalFourteenArrivingBarefootWalking Barefoot Author:James A. Baldwin
“It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.” UsedMusicHumorousIndiaCharmingSnakesClarinet Author:Victor Borge
“One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India” UsedBornIndiaGrandson Author:Taylor Caldwell
“I dream of a society that is continuously creating knowledge, where each individual is a part of this creation, where youngsters can pursue courses with freedom of choice, where technology is used for universal access of education and yet the importance of the Guru is retained.” DreamUsedChoicesCoursesIndividualEducationTechnologyCreationCreatingUniversalIndiaImportanceAccessPursueGuruFreedom Of ChoiceYoungsters Author:Narendra Modi