Gangaji’s truth required activism, not passivity. - Shashi Tharoor

(Indeed there were outstanding examples of good governance in India at the time, notably the Travancore kingdom, which in 1819 became the first government in the world to decree universal, compulsory and free primary education for both boys and girls.) The British charges against the rulers they

In India, history was pressed into the nation-building project. There was a desire to allay over some unpleasant details, the destruction of temples, some of the horrors that happened while stressing on the commonalities that also featured throughout the ages.

कश्मीर की लाला रुख़ (1317-1372) भी भक्ति रस की सन्त कवयित्री के रूप में ख़ूब लोकप्रिय रही थीं। वे भगवान शिव की भक्तिन थीं और दिन-रात उन्हीं के भक्ति रस में डूबी रहती थीं। उन्होंने मुसलमानों और हिन्दुओं में भेद करने से इनकार करते हुए अपनी रचनाओं में खुलकर इन भावनाओं को व्यक्त किया।