'This is my story of the India I know, with its biases, selections, omissions, distortions, all mine.... Every Indian must for ever carry with him, in his head and heart, his own history of India.' [16]

'Ultimately, what matters in determining the validity of a nation is the will of its inhabitants to live and strive together.' [15]

'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]

'In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood.' [15]

The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won …

'Det finns ingenting som inte hant, men mycket som inte berattats.'

A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less w…