“the most powerful enemy of the idea of India now is the Indian state.” — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“They assured him that the president was bound to act with ‘the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers and cannot act independently… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“the most powerful enemy of the idea of India now is the Indian state.” — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“remarkable achievement’, then went on to say that ‘both Union and democracy are under increasing strain these days, with the future of both in… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“an empty refugee special steaming into Ferozepur Station late one afternoon. The driver was incoherent with terror, the guard was lying dead in his… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of democracies, perhaps, that while visionaries are sometimes necessary to make them, once made they can be managed by… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“In 1951 Dec 20th, Nehru, while campaigning for the first democratic elections in India, took a short break to address a UNESCO symposium in… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos of secularism… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“In 1962 one Naga faction had made its peace with the government of India, as had another faction in 1975. But there remained a… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“The world over, the rhetoric of modern democratic politics has been marked by two rather opposed rhetorical styles. The first appeals to hope, to… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“The first such avenue was education. After Independence there was a great expansion in school and college education. By law, a certain portion of… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“Peking followed Lenin’s dictum that ‘promises, like piecrusts, are meant to be broken’.” — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
“The Kingsford–Maitland view of Christianity appealed to Gandhi because it asked not for exaltation of a personal Saviour, but fidelity to one’s conscience.” — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
