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
In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty. Pankaj Mishra acceptagreementamerican share on social
A free and rooted society ought to consist of a web of moral obligations. We have the right to ignore them, but we ought to be actually obliged not to let other people starve or to let them lapse into destitution. Pankaj Mishra consistdestitutionfree 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
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
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