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Shashi Tharoor quotes: The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans.

The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: but as an Indian, I find it far easier to forgive than to forget.

but as an Indian, I find it far easier to forgive than to forget.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to

There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.

India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: (Indeed there were outstanding examples of good governance in India at the time, notably the Travancore kingdom, which in 1819 became the

(Indeed there were outstanding examples of good governance in India at the time, notably the Travancore kingdom, which in 1819 became the

Shashi Tharoor quotes: there is nothing restrictive or self-limiting about the Indian identity it reasserts: it is large, eclectic and flexible, containing multitudes. I

there is nothing restrictive or self-limiting about the Indian identity it reasserts: it is large, eclectic and flexible, containing multitudes. I

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Gangaji's truth required activism, not passivity.

Gangaji's truth required activism, not passivity.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.

Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: We have no word for "Nation" in our language.

We have no word for "Nation" in our language.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: The joke is that one Bengali is a poet, two Bengalis is an argument, three Bengalis is a political party,

The joke is that one Bengali is a poet, two Bengalis is an argument, three Bengalis is a political party,

Shashi Tharoor quotes: I returned to India after long years of international service, because I had always cherished the desire to make a difference in my own country.

I returned to India after long years of international service, because I had always cherished the desire to make a difference in my own country.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.

The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: India is my country, and in that sense my outrage is personal.

India is my country, and in that sense my outrage is personal.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: history is neither for excuses nor for revenge 1.

history is neither for excuses nor for revenge 1.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Bengalis say when offered cod, we still have other fish to fry.

Bengalis say when offered cod, we still have other fish to fry.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Human beings, to me, are rather like electrical appliances that need to be charged regularly, and prayer is a way of plugging into that charge.

Human beings, to me, are rather like electrical appliances that need to be charged regularly, and prayer is a way of plugging into that charge.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: I'm not a techno-determinist. I believe we need to improve our existing human resources, and technology can only be a complement.

I'm not a techno-determinist. I believe we need to improve our existing human resources, and technology can only be a complement.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: While he was alive, he was impossible to ignore; once he had gone, he was impossible to imitate.

While he was alive, he was impossible to ignore; once he had gone, he was impossible to imitate.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: The only possible idea of India is that of a nation greater than the sum of its parts.

The only possible idea of India is that of a nation greater than the sum of its parts.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood.

In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Great discoveries, Ganapathi, are often the result of making the wrong mistake at the right time.

Great discoveries, Ganapathi, are often the result of making the wrong mistake at the right time.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: but it does not want

but it does not want

Shashi Tharoor quotes: The naval expansionism of the southern Chola and Pallava empires took Indian influences directly to Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia and Cambodia. Later,

The naval expansionism of the southern Chola and Pallava empires took Indian influences directly to Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia and Cambodia. Later,

Shashi Tharoor quotes: It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Europe's history of trading relations with India is borne out in the writings of the ancient historians Herodotus, Pliny, Petronius and Ptolemy, and

Europe's history of trading relations with India is borne out in the writings of the ancient historians Herodotus, Pliny, Petronius and Ptolemy, and

Shashi Tharoor quotes: The Mahabharata declares, 'What is here is nowhere else; what is not here, is nowhere.

The Mahabharata declares, 'What is here is nowhere else; what is not here, is nowhere.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Terrorism is a principal preoccupation in most of our international contacts.

Terrorism is a principal preoccupation in most of our international contacts.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: A witticism in an airport security line is like a Swiss tap - turn it on, and you instantly find yourself in hot water.

A witticism in an airport security line is like a Swiss tap - turn it on, and you instantly find yourself in hot water.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: The ISI may well be Pakistan's answer to the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither holy, Roman nor an empire: it

The ISI may well be Pakistan's answer to the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither holy, Roman nor an empire: it

Shashi Tharoor quotes: If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: national television broadcast a fifty-two-episode serialization of the Mahabharata, the script was written by a Muslim poet, Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza.

national television broadcast a fifty-two-episode serialization of the Mahabharata, the script was written by a Muslim poet, Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy
and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: The principles he stood for and the way in which he asserted them were always easier to admire than to follow.

The principles he stood for and the way in which he asserted them were always easier to admire than to follow.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: I don't go by my caste, creed or religion. My works speak for me.

I don't go by my caste, creed or religion. My works speak for me.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: My China Diary and Walking With Lions, were memoirs of his diplomatic and political experiences. The

My China Diary and Walking With Lions, were memoirs of his diplomatic and political experiences. The

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Hinduism as a faith might espouse tolerance, this does not necessarily mean that all Hindus behave tolerantly.

Hinduism as a faith might espouse tolerance, this does not necessarily mean that all Hindus behave tolerantly.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: On Gandhi: Don't ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.

On Gandhi: Don't ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: They say every dog has its day, Ganapathi, but for this terrier twilight came before tea-time.

They say every dog has its day, Ganapathi, but for this terrier twilight came before tea-time.

Shashi Tharoor quotes: A highly developed country of the past, in an advanced state of decay).

A highly developed country of the past, in an advanced state of decay).

Shashi Tharoor quotes: Everything is recycled in India, even dreams.

Everything is recycled in India, even dreams.