Quote by Paul William Roberts Download Open image ““In India, the past refuses to die, undisturbed by new realities.”” — Paul William Roberts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Calcutta has still not recovered from history: people mourn the past, and abhor it deeply.” — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“came to India with a whole lifetime of expectations and assumptions about the way the world should work, the way life was supposed to… — Jenny Feldon Copy Share Image
“And yet here there was tranquility, efficiency, a certain new-world courtesy and civility all their own. There were amazing facilities to study, unimaginable in… — Anurag Mathur Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“A country under foreign domination seeks escape from the present in dreams of a vanished age, and finds consolation in visions of past greatness. That is a foolish and dangerous pastime in which many of us indulge. An equally questionable practice for us in India is to imagine that we are still spiritually great though we have come down in… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share
“Everywhere you looked in India there was evidence of a past that had attained mythical heights. From philosophy to architecture, few civilisations have left… — Paul William Roberts Copy Share Image
“There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won’t go. For me, India is such a place.” — Keith Bellows Copy Share Image
“In the 1930s the eminent historian Will Durant wrote, “Perhaps, in return for conquest, arrogance and spoliation, India will teach us the tolerance and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Opening lines of The Great Indian Novel narrated as a modern day MahaBharata. They tell me India is an underdeveloped country. They attend seminars,… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“People – Americans, mostly – realise how attached they are to material comforts when they arrive in India.” — Paul William Roberts Copy Share Image
“Everywhere you looked in India there was evidence of a past that had attained mythical heights. From philosophy to architecture, few civilisations have left… — Paul William Roberts Copy Share Image
