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It is clear from Salman Rushdie's writing that politics and literature cannot be separated. Everything is political. ”
Ideally, I'd like to write poetry for public performances and prose for a different, more contemplative kind of consumption. ”
Everything in American public life, when it comes to race relations, serves as a frame for a history of violence and degrading humiliation. ”
Our public culture is one in which only the young and the beautiful will succeed. If you're forty, you're finished. ”
This is democracy: the citizens can vote anyone to power. ”
If BJP and its allies have been chosen by the people in state after state across regions, it is due to the good governance that Modi has successfully implemented and the 'can do' spirit of New India that he resonates. ”
In political science, public support doesn't have a reverse gear. It always goes forward. ”
I have always lived among the people of Gujarat. I know public sentiments. ”
There is a severe shortage in our country of political parties where internal democracy is alive and kicking. ”
Except two or three parties, most parties are dependent on one family. I believe that only parties where internal democracy is alive can achieve the ideals of democracy. ”