Castes Quote by Swami Vivekananda

For never has there been, in modern times, such a Homeric world, where so much value is pinned onto the utterance of name! Entire…

— Sara Suleri

“Some travellers tell us that an Indian had no name given him at first, but earned it, and his name was his fame; and…

— Henry David Thoreau

I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I was named after a Muslim.

— Jabari Parker

People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.

— Salman Khurshid

I have already spoken about it many times. I have done a nose correction. But the way people have created waves around it at…

— Koena Mitra

I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah and I hope to die as plain Mr. Jinnah. I am very much averse to any title…

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be 'Stands in Confusion'.

— Caroline Lawrence

When I came to Bombay, as it was called in my time, it was filled with people from everywhere, Kashmir to Kerala.

— Sharmila Tagore

The tragedy of India is that the Mahatma, who has numerous streets named after him and has had his statues put up everywhere, who's…

— Mahesh Bhatt

There should be a separate line to scrutinize anybody with the name Abdul or Ahmed or Mohammed.

— Mike Gallagher

For most Native Americans, there's no more offensive name in English. That non-Native folks think they get to measure or decide what offends us…

— Suzan Shown Harjo