3 Shashi Tharoor Quotes on Memory

Shashi Tharoor quotes on memory

9. 'The memories of the first Independence Day may have faded, but the power of that magical moment must never be forgotten.' [8]

20. '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]

36. 'Of course, we meet to mourn that part of our human family that is missing -- to remember the individuals and tell each other their stories. But we also meet to unearth the lessons we can draw from their lives and their fates.': Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General, at the UN's Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, 29 January 2007.