India is about six times the size of France,” he went on, as theglass of alcohol and a bowl of curried snacks arrived at ourtable. “But it has almost twenty times the population. Twentytimes! Believe me, if there were a billion Frenchmen living i nsuch a crowded space, there would be rivers of blood. Rivers o fblood! And, as everyone knows, we French are the most civilisedpeople in Europe. Indeed, in the whole world. No, no, withoutlove, India would be impossible.
-Gregory David Roberts
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