The sun never set on the British empire, an Indian nationalist later sardonically commented, because even God couldn’t trust the Englishman in the da… - Shashi Tharoor

Every Hindu may not be conscious of the finer points of his faith, but he has been raised in the tradition of its assumptions and doctrines, even when these have not been explained to him. His Hinduism may be a Hinduism of habit rather than a Hinduism of learning, but it is a lived Hinduism for all that.

India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.

Agood part of the British case for having created India’s political unity and democracy lies in the evolution of three of democracy’s building-blocks during the colonial era: a free press, an incipient parliamentary system and the rule of law.