Dive Deep Into Our Country With These 7 Insights By Shashi Tharoor

1.)

"India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay."

2.)

"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."

3.)

"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."

4.)

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

5.)

"Hindu fundamentalism is a contradiction in terms, since Hinduism is a religion without fundamentals; there is no such thing as a Hindu heresy."

6.)

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

7.)

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