147 Quotes by Shashi Tharoor

Hinduism, with its openness, its respect for variety, its acceptance of all other faiths, is one religion that should be able to assert itself without threatening others.

When a marauder destroys your house and takes away your cash and jewellery, his responsibility for his actions far exceeds that of the servant who opened door to him, whether out of fear, cupidity or because he simply he didn’t know any better.

While he was alive, he was impossible to ignore; once he had gone, he was impossible to imitate.

Gangaji’s truth required activism, not passivity.

Pakistan was created by Jinnah’s will and Britain’s willingness’ – not by Nehru’s wilfulness.

As I was typing this last sentence, somewhat hastily, my computer’s spellcheck offered ‘Brutish’ as an acceptable substitute for ‘British’ rule in India!

If you believed in truth and cared enough to obtain it, Ganga affirmed, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it. It was essential to accept punishment willingly in order to demonstrate the strength of one’s convictions. That.

While God waits for his temple to be built of love, man brings stones.’ Or.

History, in any case, cannot be reduced to some sort of game of comparing misdeeds in different eras; each period must be judged in itself and for its own successes and transgressions. The.