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> [One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/one-thing-i-must-tell-you-idolatry-in-india-does-not-mean-anything/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-desai/i-do-think-that-the-modern-india-does-belong-to-writers-who-are/)

[Kiran Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-desai/)

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> [India does not encourage - India has forbidden - child labour. We are a rule-based and rule-governed country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anand-sharma/india-does-not-encourage-india-has-forbidden-child-labour-we-are-a/)

[Anand Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anand-sharma/)

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> [Let us come together and think of ways India does not have to import but we export to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/let-us-come-together-and-think-of-ways-india-does-not-have-to-import/)

[Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/)

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> [India does not have a problem of people grabbing share from a fixed pie. India is one of the few nations where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-bhattacharya/india-does-not-have-a-problem-of-people-grabbing-share-from-a-fixed/)

[Arundhati Bhattacharya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-bhattacharya/)

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> [India does not need to become anything else. India must become only India. This is a country that once upon a time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/india-does-not-need-to-become-anything-else-india-must-become-only/)

[Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/)

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> [Unlike some of our neighbours, India does not believe in dirty bombs. We take non-proliferation very seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-sitharaman/unlike-some-of-our-neighbours-india-does-not-believe-in-dirty-bombs/)

[Nirmala Sitharaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-sitharaman/)

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> [To be sure, India has achieved enviable success in business services, like the glistening call centers in Bangalore and elsewhere. But in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rattner/to-be-sure-india-has-achieved-enviable-success-in-business-services/)

[Steven Rattner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rattner/)

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> [Actually, everyone in India does some jugaad in their lives, whether in school, college, marriages, work etc. And most of us have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varun-sharma/actually-everyone-in-india-does-some-jugaad-in-their-lives-whether-in/)

[Varun Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varun-sharma/)

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> [The commerce of India does not grow, nor does that of Portugal, or of Turkey; that but that of the protected countries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-charles-carey/the-commerce-of-india-does-not-grow-nor-does-that-of-portugal-or-of/)

[Henry Charles Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-charles-carey/)

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> [India does not need to become anything else. India must become only India. This is a country that once upon a time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/india-does-not-need-to-become-anything-else-india-must-become-only-2/)

[Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/)

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