Top 3 Quotes by Ramachandra Guha

So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos of secularism broadly prevails, so long as citizens can speak and write in the language of

So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos of secularism broadly prevails, so long as citizens can speak and write in the language of their choosing, so long as there is an integrated market and a moderately efficient civil service and army, and — lest I forget — so long as Hindi films are watched and their songs sung, India will survive

Ramachandra Guha

Song, Writing, Army

Ramachandra Guha (2011). “India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy”, Pan Macmillan

What is now in the past was once in the future

Ramachandra Guha

Past

Ramachandra Guha (2011). “India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

It is in the nature of democracies, perhaps, that while visionaries are sometimes necessary to make them, once made they can be managed by mediocrities.

Ramachandra Guha

Democracy, Visionaries, Mediocrity

Ramachandra Guha (2011). “India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy”, Pan Macmillan