Cultural heritage Quote by Nyla Ali Khan

“It is not wholly surprising, however, that, when India began to reassert herself, two nations should have replaced the single British Raj; but all…

— Arthur Llewellyn Basham

“struck him as a favorable contrast with his own nation that there was no slavery in India;II and that though the population was divided…

— Will Durant

Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery.…

— William Dalrymple

“No, my dear. Leave poor Hari Kumar to work out his own salvation, if he’s still alive to work it out and if there’s…

— Paul Scott

“I had seen how deep in nearly every West Indian, high and low, were the prejudices of race; how often these prejudices were rooted…

— V.S. Naipaul

It is only on the basis of undiluted Nationalism and of perfect justice and impartiality that the Indian Army of Liberation can be built…

— Subhas Chandra Bose

“A cripple, on the threshold of manhood, returning from the wars with a broken body, with no thought of telling of brave deeds done,…

— Jim Corbett

“This is the secret of the political history of modern India. Weakened by division, it succumbed to invaders; impoverished by invaders, it lost all…

— Will Durant

The diversity of India cannot thrive on facile attempts to create the homogeneous category of "Indian." Nor can it thrive on dubious attempts to…

— Nyla Ali Khan

At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the West, it is…

— Aravind Adiga

“When the British left, India was a multireligious, multiregional, multiethnic country, exploited, backward, and poor from colonialism.”

— Prem Kishore

Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact…

— Pranab Mukherjee