"‘Like the administration of the British Empire itself, the commercial empire, which was an extension of the first, separated a handful of Indians from the rest and made them into an integral part of the system of governance. The object was to make them identify more with British interests than with "
"The major mistake, the basic misunderstanding of the Marxist position – I feel the people must liberate themselves. The intellectuals can only hand them the equipment for doing so."
"The lunch that day started at 12.45 and finished at 3.30. Everybody was happy at the end. This way of doing things went on till the early 70s. The big companies had more or less a monopoly in their respective fields... That’s changed now. There are a lot more companies making the products, and compa"
"These dealers most of them speak Hindi, and the older social accomplishments – speaking English, dressing well, playing golf – no longer matter... Life is hard now for the executive, and the city of Calcutta adds to this pressure, by offering so little in return to a person who’s putting in so much "
"...for people like us, who are not businessmen, we feel that the city in which we live must offer us something in return. We must at the end of the working day have more than the prospect of just coming back home."
"...Our idea is different from Islam in only one aspect: the dominant element in our concept of godhead is justice and kindness. The Islamic God appears to me to be a little harsh – if you see the punishment renegades got at the hands of Mohammed himself. And when you see the manifestation of soverei"
隔了十年才读完三部曲,对印度和对历史本身都有了新的思考。百万个叛变,从1857的大起义eg对英国的叛变开始。人们开始思考自己,思考社群。要求独立建国巴基斯坦却又没有离开印度的msl,回归婆罗门传统的城市少年,失去了一切的大公,游行里的位置被神像替代。谋杀地主的gczy战士,以暴制暴互相暗杀的甘地夫人与锡克。不满所以叛变,却发现追求的那个想象中记忆中的历史切片文化切片已经湮没。想起了美国黑人领袖说的,cast the bucket where you are