Quote #17
'India imposes no procrustean exactions on its citizens: you can be many things and one thing.' [15]
More from Shashi Tharoor
- 'Pluralist India must, by definition, tolerate plural expressions of its many identities.' [14]
- 'In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood.' [15]
- 'The pluralism and the linguistic diversity of India is something of which we can truly be proud.' [13]
- 'Ultimately, what matters in determining the validity of a nation is the will of its inhabitants to live and strive together.' [15]
- '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…
- 'This is my story of the India I know, with its biases, selections, omissions, distortions, all mine.... Every Indian must for ever carry w…
- 'India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is for ever, and India is forever being made.' [16]
- 'If India had a Latin version of the American motto E Pluribus Unum, it would be E Pluribus Pluribum.' [12]