"Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they...

We may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.
~ Aravind Adiga ~












We may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.
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"Go to Old Delhi,and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into w...
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"He can read and write, but he doesn't get what he's read. He's half-baked. The country is full of people like him, I'll tell you that. And we entrust ...
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