Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes experience freshly gandhi
For boys like me, in north Indian railway towns in the '70s and '80s, where nothing much happened apart from the arrival and departure of trains from big cities, the Soviet Union alone appeared to promise an escape from our limited, dusty world. Pankaj Mishra 70s80sappear share on social
To Westerners, the students at Tiananmen may have given an impression of a solid and energetic consensus against dictatorship and for democracy, but they were an egotistical and fractious lot, riven by disagreements over tactics and money. Pankaj Mishra consensusdemocracydictatorship share on social
'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda. Pankaj Mishra akpbroadinclude Change image and share on social
Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it! Julia Child bascatchfish Change image and share on social
What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing. Cheech Marin artartistcombination share on social
The question is - did Richard Attenborough have a right to make 'Gandhi?' And did Danny Boyle have a right to make 'Slumdog Millionaire?' Quite honestly, if they didn't have the right to make these films, I had no right to make 'Elizabeth.' Shekhar Kapur attenboroughboyledanny share on social
