We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.
In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
'Shantaram' is fantastic. An Australian prisoner escapes & joins the mafia in India? Sign me up. I love stuff that is based on true stories.
Famines were frequent in colonial India and some estimates indicate that 30 to 40 million died out of starvation in Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Bengal during the later half of the 19th century.
Jinnah cannot be honoured in India. He's responsible for the partition of our country. No Jinnah eulogy is acceptable in India.
India should be an exporter of technology.
With proper infrastructure and packaging, India can certainly become a global player in agricultural exports.
I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Aesop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha.
I have learned so much from India: for instance, the use of aloe vera, which I use, and I find it sad when I see certain arts of oiling slowly fading away.
In countries like India or China, a Steve Jobs will never come around. The fundamentals aren't there - there's this feudal hierarchy.
After finishing my study in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), I was mentally prepared for the struggle in the film industry.
In India, film sets are like a family atmosphere.
India as a film-making nation has gained recognition, at last, at most important Western and Far Eastern forums.
If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt.
Indian business women like Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shikha Sharma, Swati Piramal, Anu Agha, Swati Piramal, Sulajja Firodia Motwani and Zia Mody have put India on the global firmament.
I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India.
India will not be at the center - it will be the center of this fourth technology shift.
After I finished my degree in India in 1980, I came to the U.S. to get a master's, and I was teaching quantum physics to freshmen. As I got my bearings as to what goes on in labs, I understood that to teach, you have to learn.
In India, public display of affection is frowned upon.
In political, strategic as well as economic and commercial areas, Singapore has become a fulcrum for India's policies east of India.
