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Bodhidharma who brought Zen from India to the Orient, taught a very pure Zen - in that it was pure Zen. He wanted to show that the way still existed and wanted to get back to its essence.

Borlaug would be one figure that I think fundamentally changed India, China, all of Southeast Asia, and gave them the time to be able to build on other things.

'Brand India' is built of 5 Ts - talent, tradition, tourism, trade and technology.

BRICS should be driven by 'People to People' contact. It should explore developing innovative mechanisms of Youth engagement.

Buddhism is a heresy on Hinduism. It was Hinduism that did the dirty work for Buddhism, by the time Buddha came along priest-craft was an ancient tradition in India.

But India did not pass me by without a trace: it left tracks which lead me from one infinity to another infinity.

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

By 2020, 50 percent of imports should be reduced, which should become 75 percent by 2025. By 2030, India should be energy independent.

By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God.

Christopher Columbus was looking for a passage to India, but he landed in America. He landed in the wrong place, and when he got back, he wasn't sure where he'd been. But most important of all, he did it on someone else's money.

Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists.

China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.

Christianity in India is inextricably mixed up for the last hundred and fifty years with the British rule.

Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

Cleanliness drive is something that has touched every Indian.

Cleanliness & good sanitation in schools is a matter of high importance.

Coming out of indecisiveness and being determined is the pre condition for being called young.

Congress' dynastic politics has shattered the hopes & aspirations of people. Congress hides behind the veil of secularism whenever its governance falters and its misconduct is exposed. This will no longer go unchallenged. The younger generation will not accept these actions of Congress!

Congress is responsible for every major change in India

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy to eighty percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, mostly at the subsistence level.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama, Thank you for sending me Christmas and New Year greetings yet again. Welcome back to India... Would have loved to host you at my concert in Baroda on the 26th!

Dams are the temples of secular India and almost worshipped. They are huge, wet cement flags that wave in our minds. They're the symbol of nationalism to many.

Dance India Dance is family to me. I actually miss the madness whenever the season is not on air.

Design in India is as important as Make in India.

Declaring victory without war .. the belief that India gave up the option of war under American pressure is totally wrong.

Development is the solution to all problems. All other types of caste, communal and dynasty politics will not do good.

Development has to result in jobs. What we need is not just more production, but mass production and production by masses.

'Dignity of Labour' is a subject to be learnt from Australia!

Dignity of labour has to be our national duty; it has to be a part of our nature.

Dogmatic toleration is nonsense: I would no more tolerate the teaching of Calvinism to children if I had power to persecute it than the British Raj tolerated suttee in India. Every civilized authority must draw a line between the tolerable and the intolerable.

Divide and rule is the way Congress does their politics while we say let's unite and do development.

Domains like Trade, Technology, Tourism, Talent and Tradition have the power to redefine existing paradigms.

Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.

Drink is not a fashion in India, as it is in the West.

Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.

Do you share my belief in Swami Vivekananda's dream that India will be a Jagad Guru once again? I see no reason for India to be left behind.

Each nation has a theme: everything else is secondary. India's theme is religion.

Earlier we used to play with snakes, but now we play with mouse. Through IT, India's youth has surprised the entire World!

E-governance easy governance, e-governance is economical governance.

Economic development cannot take a nation forward on its own. We need a society and economy which complement each other. We need to take care of the poor, deprived and left behind sections of society.

E-governance is the only way to move from good governance to proactive pro-people good governance (P2G2).

Elections are a festival of democracy. Everyone must join this festival of democracy and strengthen it.

E-Governance to me is easy, effective and efficient governance.

Every village should celebrate its birthday & it will end the poison of casteism... and once casteism ends, see how the strength of villages increase!

Energy security based on clean & reliable sources is essential for India's future. Nuclear energy has a key role in India's energy strategy.

Ethics and Equity are at the core of debate of climate change. Debate has to move from Climate Change to Climate Justice.

Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls.

Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.