History Quote by Francesca Orsini

When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw…

— Pankaj Mishra

I think that Indian writing in English is a really peculiar beast. I can't think of any literature - perhaps Russian literature in the…

— Pankaj Mishra

The labours I devoted between 1888 to 1900 to the critical edition, translation and commentary of Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the only true historical text of…

— Aurel Stein

Literature rests on language. It is a linguistic art. So it cannot sever its relationship with the past. But it can create new methods…

— Simin Behbahani

Almost every modern literary form existed in Hebrew two thousand years ago. And, yes, it existed even during the middle ages.

— Amos Oz

Hindi journalism is too dogmatic. I often wonder how it can be modernised.

— Ravish Kumar

“sometime around the turn of the seventeenth century there began what is often called the modern period, or modernity.[1] It lasted, roughly, until sometime…

— Heath White

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

— Vikram Seth

“Literature is as old as human language, and as new as tomorrow's sunrise. And literature is everywhere, not only in books, but in videos,…

— Ronald Carter

It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected in the Sanskrit language is less valuable…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Sanskrit language and the subjects in Sanskrit are both vital alike.

— Sushma Swaraj

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

— Anonymous