Category: Quotes

Quote of the week – On Apologies & such

PM Manmohan Singh quoted in The Pioneer*: The riots (of 1984) were painful, but cannot be kept alive for ever…   Some questions that come to mind: How long does it take to forget...

How the “War Against Terror” can be won in 15 minutes

Following up on Why the “War Against Terror” cannot be won by guns alone.  Full credit for alerting me to this goes to borneveryday. Sh Rahul Gandhi, quoted in a report in DNA India: “I am...

Quote of the Week

“Freedom…(is)  looking a policeman in the eye…” – a SEWA member, quoted in a profile of Ela Bhatt  Related: A few past quotes here.  

Quote of the Week…

Lord Curzon, the late Viceroy of India, in an address delivered at the Delhi Durbar in 1901: Powerful Empires existed and flourished here [in India] while Englishmen were still wandering painted in the woods,...

Quote of the Week

. It is neither the horse nor the elephant and never – ever – the tiger It is the goat that is offered in sacrifice Even the gods slain the weak . Can readers...