India Quotes


India is not a nation nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities. Muhammad Ali Jinnah India 149
No people whose word for yesterday is the same as their word for tomorrow can be said to have a firm grip on the time. Salman Rushdie India 89
Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English now we will be slaves of the educated Indiansor the Pakistanis. Khushwant Singh India 81
Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi she said. Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone. William Dalrymple India 81
All India radio was worldwide. Ajay Naidu India 78
And then a great thing in my life was going to India. Beatrice Wood India 77
We know we are all tarnished so we doubt everyone else too. It is sad situation where we need a leader but cannot really trust anyone. Chetan Bhagat India 74
In India even the most mundane inquiries have a habit of ending this way. There may be two answers there may be five a dozen or a hundred the only thing that is certain is that all will be different. Eric Newby India 72
Fate gives all of us three teachers three friends three enemies and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised and we can never know which one is which until weve loved them left them or fought them. Gregory David Roberts India 70
Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong a thousand times wrong if any of you dares to say I will work out the salvation of this woman or child. Swami Vivekananda India 66
The greatest skeptic must now admit that the land and seaborne trade of India had given her a worldwide fame not only for her gold spices and silk but for her religions and philosophies also. Virchand Raghavji Gandhi India 62
Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster. Muhammad Ali Jinnah India 59
India is not as people keep calling it an underdeveloped country but rather in the context of its history and cultural heritage a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay. Shashi Tharoor India 50
the designation of wife in India of the Hindu wife is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi Virchand Raghavji Gandhi India 50
Since the early beginning of history India has been the Klondyke of the world Virchand Raghavji Gandhi India 49
Als it is hard for America to fight wars in the name of freedom if those people themselves choose for nonfreedom. Can America and England save India from communism if they vote communist themselves. Oswald Mosley India 48
There are three trips you take to India the one you think youre going to have that you plan for the one you actually have and the one you live through once you go back home. Erin Reese India 48
India shaped my mind anchored my identity influenced my beliefs and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India. Shashi Tharoor India 45
So Indias problem turns out to be the worlds problem. What happened in India has happened in Gods name. The problems name is God. Salman Rushdie India 44
Bog je zamenjen Marksom Satana buroazijom raj besklasnim drutvom a crkva partijom dok su vrsta i cilj putovanja ostali slini. Trka s preponama na ijem cilju eka nagrada. Arundhati Roy India 42
Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal. Tahir Shah India 42
India a land where the last thing one needs to bother with is looking good. In India at least in the circles I moved in its natural to look beautiful by the smile in your heart and the way you move through the world. Erin Reese India 40
Enlightenment and the death which comes before it is the primary business of Varanasi. Tahir Shah India 40
In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences we are a land of belonging rather than of blood. Shashi Tharoor India 40
In international commerce India is an ancient country19th October 1899 Virchand Raghavji Gandhi India 39
Our population of 121 crore is not a limitation it is the reason we will grow. Sukant Ratnakar India 38
Krishna taught in the Bhadavad Gita karmanyevaadhikaraste ma phalesu kadachana which means Be active never be inactive and dont react to the outcome of the work. Anonymous India 37
India will reveal to you the places in your heart that must be purified. Erin Reese India 37
There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing that is except having ones elbows and knees lacerated by unseen slivers of glass and discarded razor blades. Tahir Shah India 36
Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information I recalled Indias golden rule do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else. Tahir Shah India 36
If I find the constitution being misused I shall be the first to burn it. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar India 34
All pomp and show. Anjalis glare at the house wouldve exploded bricks if shed had superhuman powers. A fat cow needs a big barn. Nicola Marsh India 34
If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten they might not be able to write even a single line. Baby Halder India 32
We the Jainists of India say every day in our prayer I worship all perfected souls I worship all spiritual masters I worship all spiritual instructors I worship all holy men and women in the world. Virchand Raghavji Gandhi India 29
I probably did too much thinking in India. I blame it on the roads for they were superb... Robert Edison Fulton Jr.India 29
With me and India its all about leaving and returning. Madras is home. Its a very complicated relationship. When you are away too long you get homesick and when you are there too long you are sick of home. Tishani Doshi India 27
In some peculiar way indeed the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough. Tahir Shah India 27
Calcuttas the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat. Tahir Shah India 26
At the last moment the fish and I exchange a troubled glance. The murrel seems to be demanding an explanation. Alas I am in no position to start justifying the unusual treatment. What comes next is a new experience for both the fish and me. Tahir Shah India 26
When the British left India was a multireligious multiregional multiethnic country exploited backward and poor from colonialism. Prem Kishore India 24
...wearing a turban of yellow signifying knowledge and a robe of purple portraying purity and activity Virchand Gandhi of Bombay delivered a lecture on the religions of India.... The New York Times India 22

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