Modern India Quotes

• India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

  Anita Desai

  Country, Past, Matter

  "Class Interview with Anita Desai". www.baruch.cuny.edu. 2003.

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• I have a vision of a Modern India. I have embarked on a huge mission to convert that vision into reality. My mantra is Development.

  Narendra Modi

  Reality, Vision, Empowerment

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• The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Want, Scripture, Ends

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• Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  Addresses, Poverty, Poor

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• I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

  Kiran Desai

  Thinking, Doe, India

  "Kiran Desai Talk Asia interview". Interview with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 24, 2007.

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• Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  Ideas, Constitution, Modernity

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• In Tharoor's hands [the story of modern India] is transformed into Mahabharata magic.... Endlessly inventive, irreverent, wise, ingenious,... it takes on at one level or another the entire panorama of modern India....Energetic and eventful.

  M. G. Vassanji

  Wise, Hands, Magic

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• I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

  Vikas Swarup

  Inspiration, Reading, Stories

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