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The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

by Katherine Stewart

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“हमारे सामने जो मार्ग है उसका कितना ही भाग बीत चुका है, कुछ हमारे सामने है और बहुत अधिक आगे आने वाला है। बीते हुए से हम सहायता लेते हैं, आत्मविश्वास प्राप्त करते हैं, लेकिन बीते की ओर लौटना कोई प्रगति नहीं, प्रतिगति-पीछे लौटना होगा। हम लौट तो सकते नहीं क्योंकि अतीत को वर्तमान बनाना प्रकृति ने हमारे हाथ में नहीं दे रखा है।”
― Rahul Sankrityayan

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“When my grandchildren ask me what I did in the '42 movement [Quit India Movement] I say - "I waited for it.”
― R. P. Noronha, Tale Told by an Idiot

tags: history, india, indian-history

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“It [the Quit India Resolution] was very far from being the Gita, but like Gita it suffered from flood of explanations, commentaries, and interpretations.”
― R. P. Noronha, Tale Told by an Idiot

tags: history-politics, india, indian-history

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“असल बात तो यह है कि मज़हब तो सिखाता है आपस में बैर रखना। भाई को है सिखाता भाई का खून पीना। हिन्दुस्तानियों की एकता मज़हब के मेल पर नहीं होगी, बल्कि मज़हबों की चिता पर। कौव्वे को धोकर हंस नहीं बनाया जा सकता। कमली धोकर रंग नहीं चढ़ाया जा सकता। मज़हबों की बीमारी स्वाभाविक है। उसकी मौत को छोड़कर इलाज नहीं।”
― Rahul Sankrityayan, तुम्हारी क्षय

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“I got into the ICS in a pleasantly casual fashion. When I went to England my mother had impressed on me the need to appear for the competitive examinations which I had no intention of doing . (my heart was set on a carrier as a photo journalist). After I had refrained from taking my first shot at the exam , my mother lost patience - and also perhaps some of her abounding faith in an only child and sent me all the forms duly filled up for the ICS. She also indicated delicately that if I did not appear, my allowance would die a sudden death. I appeared; much to my surprise, I got in. Even more to my surprise I topped the list of Indian candidates, and ever since then I have had no faith in competitive examination”
― R. P. Noronha, Tale Told by an Idiot

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