At the meeting you behaves exactly as Marathi novelists of the last century tell is husbands do in sari shops.

... how could Britain operate in India for 300 years and take so little back from it in terms of understanding?

Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.

He was the first prime minister in a long time who did not have a son or a son-in-law in business or real estate

Brahma and AiravataLong ago in lands of golden sandBrahma turned to Saraswatiand gently kissed her inked hand....

You are a girl, Shirin. Girls don’t run around naked.’‘Why?’‘They just don’t.

Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.

It feels as though it were just yesterday Grandfather exited my life like a bullet, leaving a bleeding hole behind.

What am I doing here, Reena? Why am I dancing to the tunes of that old hag?’‘You are saving your family.

India is a country for all but not a country for sale. Greedy politicians and greedy businessmen should aware of it.

Faxian and Xuanzang might have been the first Chinese to travel to India, but sometimes it felt like I was the first.

Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear and merge into something else.

…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi

Be as intellectual as you like about it, but India is brilliantly mad. And if you want to love it, you have to hate it first.