#india

The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#another #banks #call #communal #community

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#conquered #deal #disease #economic #economic problems

The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#believe #certain #chinese #committed #confident

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#early #i #indian #outcast #part

My favorite Knicks moment was when we beat Indiana in Game 7 to reach the NBA Finals. We worked so hard as a team to reach that moment that it was very satisfying to beat Indiana and reach the Finals. ↗

— John Starks

#favorite #finals #game #hard #indiana

I personally believe that the office of the President of India is not to be sought. It is to be offered. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#i #india #offered #office #personally

If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#also #began #century #cry #end

In the 1980s, we were advised, why don't you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let's see how we can fit them in the Indian economy. Every country has its own way of moving forward. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#country #economics #economy #every #fit

India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but also in the enormous creativity and humanity of our daily life in city and village. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#art #city #civilization #creativity #daily

India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious practitioners of terror. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#driven #high #india #itself #mission