I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.
Mira Nair
WorldSmallSmall TownIndiaUp
Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured in India.
Azim Premji
CustomerIndiaProductOthersMore
Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
TodayIndiaNuclear WeaponsWeapons
Five decades ago, as India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, began visibly ailing, the nation and the world were consumed by the question: 'After Nehru, who?' The inexpressible fear lay in the subtext to the question: 'After Nehru, what?'
Shashi Tharoor
FearWorldIndiaQuestionFirstWho
Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
Salman Khurshid
IndiaValuedMostPartnersSaudi
Most of India's 300 odd news channels are making losses and are dependent on dubious cross holding, black money and dodgy private equity investors, both foreign and Indian.
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
MoneyBlackIndiaNewsOddChannels
It used to be that almost all innovation came from the U.S. and a small number of other developed countries. That's no longer the case, and as China and India grow, it's changing even more. Expect a lot more Chinese and Indian Nobel prizes in the future.
Alex Tabarrok
FutureInnovationSmallGrowIndia
I feel that, in India, we have films that have tackled various issues over the years, but perhaps one of the issues that we've tackled less is the issue of caste-ism. That's an issue we've more or less stayed away from... although we touched on it briefly in some films like 'Lagaan.'
Aamir Khan
FeelIndiaMoreOverYearsAway
There is more racial prejudice in India than anywhere else in the world.
Shekhar Kapur
WorldIndiaPrejudiceMoreRacial
Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
Salman Rushdie
InfluenceDarkIndiaNeverRising
Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace I had a burning desire to visit.
Judi Dench
IndiaGoDesireKnowStrangeNever
I did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it's very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy.
Vir Das
LightTheatreIndiaBecauseGetDid
And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
Beatrice Wood
LifeGreatMy LifeIndiaGoingThen
Having come from the U.S. and observed the way the health care system works there, we definitely felt that we could do something in India.
Shaffi Mather
HealthCareIndiaWaySystemCome
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.
Sachin Tendulkar
FootballCricketIndiaMeant To Be
India means everything to me. It is my homeland. India is my country. It is here that I have gotten love and affection as a film star from millions and millions of my fans over the last five decades.
Dilip Kumar
LoveMeCountryIndiaAffection
People from North India are generally known to be aggressive and emotional.
Virat Kohli
PeopleIndiaAggressiveEmotional
If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
Baba Kalyani
GrowthStrongBackIndiaAchieve
Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra.
Sharad Pawar
CountryIndiaWithinNumberHighest
The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
Saint Ignatius
FatherFaithMyselfEndIndiaBeen
'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?
Dev Patel
ShoesGrowing UpIndiaGrowingKnow
Earlier, professional wrestling happened only abroad, but now the youngsters are getting a good platform here in India as well.
The Great Khali
GoodIndiaProfessionalNowHere
By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Barbara Demick
WorldIndiaNationDivisionChina
India has very motivated and talented people, and given the right opportunity, we always rise to the top.
Jinder Mahal
OpportunityPeopleRiseIndiaTop
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