I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

We want to invite the world to Make in India, make India as the base for manufacturing electronic goods.

I salute the poor of our country who have deposited more than Rs 20,000 crore in Jan Dhan Bank Accounts.

I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.

Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not.

Yes, I think I have some good knowledge of India. I have lots of Indian friends in the chess fraternity.

I want India to come into her own and that state cannot be better defined by any single word than Swaraj.

I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.

For a fallen India to aspire to move the world and protect the weaker races is seemingly an impertinence.

E-governance is the only way to move from good governance to proactive pro-people good governance (P2G2).

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

Religion is the life of India, religion is the language of this country, the symbol of all its movements.

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India

Cinema should always be in touch with the soil of the country. My films celebrate the heartland of India.

I don't go to the doctor except when I'm very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of local water.

India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.

India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there.

Christianity in India is inextricably mixed up for the last hundred and fifty years with the British rule.

Through realization of freedom of India, I hope to realize and carry on the mission of brotherhood of man.

Freedom of India will demonstrate to all the exploited races of the earth that their freedom is very near.

I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.

If you have compassion for society, only then will the events of your life, sow seeds of revolution in it.

I am an Indian, and I know what India is. I know Indian culture. I know Indian constitution and democracy.

England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.

India is a continent and should be divided into separate nations. There is no need for a single government.

Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Oudh, during the national liberation uprising of 1857-59 in India headed the rebels.

The key issue is the shift of the centre of gravity from the West to the East, the rise of China and India.

Let us remember that we are all Indians eating Indian grain and salt, and living on the dumb Indian masses.

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.

I believe that India is such a big country that one must do as much work as possible. So I keep doing that.

India has to fight poverty, Pakistan too has to fight poverty, why don't we come together to fight poverty?

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.

India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.

For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.

I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.

My investment strategy, which is to focus on sectors that are a national priority for India, hasn't changed.

Mundra Port remains committed towards setting up of world-class port infrastructure and facilities in India.

Now we say there's, well, another place in the world-there's India. Wonderful place - except for its people.

Our demographic dividend is our strength. The youth have what it takes to engage with the latest technology.

India has always maintained that there will be no third party in Indo-Pak talks. Hurriyat cannot be a party.

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

As a young citizen of India, armed with technology and love for my nation, I realize, a small aim is a crime.

Allocating budgets will not suffice. We need to make focused efforts at developing the tribal belt of Gujarat

No one can question the talent of India's youth after the success of the Mars Mission. Everything indigenous!

The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.

Most jobs are outsourced to the past, they aren't outsourced to India or Mexico or Pakistan or anywhere else.

India has the purity, the innocence. India knows what it wants. There is a direction. It has so much to offer.

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

Through a policy driven approach we have wage a war against poverty and we are confident we will win this war.

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