Days Quote by Karan Kapoor

The Indian heritage plays a very important role in my career, I have always wanted my Indian roots to be with me. I was…

— Jay Sean

There's much about the British Raj which I think is disreputable. It was rapacious; it was a sort of kleptocracy, and it was also…

— Michael Portillo

My grandfather passed away in 1946, too early to see his dream of an independent India being realized.

— Rohini Nilekani

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

the voices of our ancestors telling of our glorious past, our culture, and what it means to be an Indian.

— Allen Sapp

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very…

— Anita Desai

Life didn't just happen to them. They experienced life at a deeper level than I had ever experienced it. I had been a radical,…

— Larry Brilliant

An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging.

— Stanley Wolpert

I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.

— Arthur L. Herman

“my grandfather was an ordinary British citizen in the time of British Raj. He used to have Bengali friends from whom I learnt Bengali”.”

— Fahmid Hassan Prohor

“India had a very long independence movement. It started in 1886, [with] the first generation of Western-educated Indians. They were all liberals. They followed…

— Meghnad Desai

I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty well.

— George Crook