Quote #10
'The only possible idea of India is that of a nation greater than the sum of its parts.' [9]
More from Shashi Tharoor
- 'The memories of the first Independence Day may have faded, but the power of that magical moment must never be forgotten.' [8]
- 'The idea of India is not based on language, not on geography, not on ethnicity and not on religion. The idea of India is of one land embra…
- 'In building an Indian nation that takes account of the country's true Hindu heritage, we have to return to the pluralism of the national m…
- 'Our founding fathers wrote a constitution for a dream. We have given passports to their ideals.' [11]
- 'No Indian nationalist leader ever needed to say: We have created India; now all we need to do is to create Indians.' [7]
- 'If India had a Latin version of the American motto E Pluribus Unum, it would be E Pluribus Pluribum.' [12]
- 'If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali -- a collection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each may not mix with the…
- 'We all have multiple identities in India; we are all minorities in India. Our heterogeneity is definitional.' [6]