Places like India can give you a real culture shock because of the poverty you see, and it brings you up sharply.
…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi
By 2020, 50 percent of imports should be reduced, which should become 75 percent by 2025. By 2030, India should be energy independent.
We see very, very high rates of C-sections, Cesarean sections, in India. Lots of reasons for it, high levels of malnutrition have meant that women have very small pelvic areas often, so if they have larger babies, it's very hard to deliver.
We must also remember that in every little village-god and every little superstitious custom is that which we are accustomed to call our religious faith. But local customs are infinite and contradictory. Which are we to obey, and which not to obey? T...
My mother showed her gratitude for her life in exile by alluding to India’s modernity: the expansive railway network; the Bollywood movies she came to love for their tumultuous stories which ultimately conceded to the cardinal guidelines she held i...
But then the subject turned to the spiritual life and Meg talked about her many visits to ashrams in India and her admiration for Swami Muktananda and Gurumayi. That got in the way, especially because he told her of his skepticism regarding the guru ...
Ibn al-Khatib says: Ibn Battutah has a modest share of the sciences. He journeyed to the East in the month of Rajab 725 [1325], travelled through its lands, penetrated into Iraq al-Ajam, then entered India, Sind and China, and returned through Yemen....
If U.S. schools don't prepare American children for careers in the surveillance industry, all our spying will be done from India.
For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that week with my family, I routinely choose my family.
For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have amazing wildlife, such as Antarctica, India and Patagonia.
It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can't.
Living in a small town [in India] was like living in a glass house!
I probably did too much thinking in India. I blame it on the roads, for they were superb...
... how could Britain operate in India for 300 years and take so little back from it in terms of understanding?
I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.
In every remark he found a meaning, but not always the true meaning, and his life, though vivid, was largely a dream.
Rule Number One in the India Savage Life Code: When in doubt or possible trouble, lie.
He went to India to "find himself" last year, but evidently he wasn't there, and he came back empty-handed.
The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
