Modern India Quotes

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

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  B. R. Ambedkar

  Modern India   Want   Scripture  

  3401

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

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  Pranab Mukherjee

  Modern India   Ideas   Constitution  

  1900

• 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.

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  M. G. Vassanji

  Wise   Hands   Modern India  

  1194

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

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  Vikas Swarup

  Inspiration   Reading   Modern India  

  1838

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

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  Kiran Desai

  Thinking   Modern India   Doe  

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

  4809

• 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.

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  Narendra Modi

  Reality   Modern India   Vision  

  1428

• 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.

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  Pranab Mukherjee

  Modern India   Addresses   Poverty  

  4772

• 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.

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  Anita Desai

  Country   Past   Modern India  

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

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