749 Quotes About India

This book does not try to “document” any particular aspect of Indian life. To me, doing such a thing would seem a pretentious and pseudo-scientific undertaking, especially for someone from the West. The photographs also make no intentional social or political statement. I never say, when discussing my work, that I am “concerned” with anything (another favorite word tossed about, all too much, by young and socially conscious post-modernists).

I decided to relax, because as usual absolutely nothing was under control.

The girl was particularly indignant --not only about this watchman but about all the other people all over India. She said they were all dirty and dishonest. She had a very pretty, open, English face but when she said that it became mean and clenched, and I realised that the longer she stayed in India the more her face would become like that.

The others, however, told their anecdotes with no moral comment whatsoever, even though they had to recount some hair-raising events. And not only did they keep completely cool, but they even had that little smile of tolerance, of affection, even enjoyment that Olivia was beginning to know well: like good parents, they all loved India whatever mischief she might be up to.

Os extremistas hindus consideram os cristãos seus inimigos, porque cada pária cristianizado, educado para adquirir dignidade, significa um escravo a menos. Esta é a principal razão pela qual os cristãos são perseguidos e mortos na Índia.

India is not a country, but a home.

In times of stress, it is the familiar that soothes and comforts. As we try to find our place in a landscape that is at once recognizable and unfamiliar, it is natural that we gravitate towards others undergoing the same transition.

The wounds will take decades to heal, centuries to overcome the trauma.

இந்தியாவில் பிடித்தது?""உழைப்பு.""பிடிக்காதது?""ஊழல்.""ஆனாலும் இந்தியா முன்னேறியிருக்கிறதே..!" "உண்மை. சேவல் உறங்கும்போது குஞ்சு பொரித்துவிடும் கோழியைப்போல சில அரசியல்வாதிகள் உறங்கும் போது இந்தியா முன்னேறிவிடுகிறது.