#india

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #back #backward #barbaric #because

Under the veneer of Westernization, the cultures of the Indian world - which have existed for 30,000 years! - continue to live. Sometimes in a magical way, sometimes in the shadows. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#cultures #existed #indian #live #magical

The G8 nations, together with the five major emerging economies of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, use almost three-quarters of the Earth's biocapacity - the capacity of the world's ecosystems to produce natural resources and to reduce harmful substances. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#almost #brazil #capacity #china #earth

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#among #arms #blackest #british #depriving

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#give #herself #india #means #menace

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman dying in the street will share her banana with anyone who needs it, whereas in America, people amass and hoard as many bananas as they can to sell for an exorbitant profit. So half of them go bad, anyway. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#amass #america #anyone #anyway #bad

Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface was quite outside the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, and China. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#appeared #century #china #christianity #earth

The Indian Corn, or Maiz, proves the most useful Grain in the World; and had it not been for the Fruitfulness of this Species, it would have proved very difficult to have settled some of the Plantations in America. ↗

— John Lawson

#been #corn #difficult #fruitfulness #grain

I mean, the unfair treatment of women and black people and Indians and other groups, that's real. Mistreatment of other people because 'I'm better than you are' is such a sad part of the world. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#better #black #groups #i #indians

Great numbers of the Indians pass our camp on their hunting excursions: the day was clear and pleasant, but last night was very cold and there was a white frost. ↗

— Meriwether Lewis

#clear #cold #day #excursions #frost