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"I never have to pay for a cab (in New York City). The
drivers are all Indian and Pakistani. They know my films." – Bollywood star
Aamir Khan, visiting New York City to promote his latest movie “Peepli Live”.
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"If you open up to criticism—whether you are straight, gay or from different cultures—that can weaken a relationship." – Fairuz Abdullah, 37, a Pakistani-American Muslim, who had a secret relationship with Monty Agarwal, 40, an Indian-American Hindu, for a few years, before marrying him in 2005. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"It was not very difficult to learn it. I just remembered what they told me, kept it in my memory and repeated it when I saw them.” – John “Jimmy” Mather, 69, a milkman who learned to speak Gujarati to cater to a community of Indian immigrants in Blackburn, England. (BBC.co.uk)
"There are digital natives and digital immigrants. Those of us who came of age during the rise of the Internet are immigrants—but 10-year olds with iPhones and cell phones are natives online—they take to this stuff like fish to water." – Jai Singh, managing editor of The Huffington Post. (SAJAforum.org)
“India is hosting such a tournament after a long time, and this was the last thing the country could have afforded, and that, too, with less than two months left for the Games.” – Olympic bronze medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar, on alleged corruption that has tainted the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. (IANS)
“I think one of the beautiful things about America is that we embrace diversity. So I am proud that I am person of Indian origin. I embrace my Indian identity completely.” – Rashad Hussain, President Obama’s special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
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Quota of Quotes
September 2010
"If you open up to criticism—whether you are straight, gay or from different cultures—that can weaken a relationship." – Fairuz Abdullah, 37, a Pakistani-American Muslim, who had a secret relationship with Monty Agarwal, 40, an Indian-American Hindu, for a few years, before marrying him in 2005. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"It was not very difficult to learn it. I just remembered what they told me, kept it in my memory and repeated it when I saw them.” – John “Jimmy” Mather, 69, a milkman who learned to speak Gujarati to cater to a community of Indian immigrants in Blackburn, England. (BBC.co.uk)
"There are digital natives and digital immigrants. Those of us who came of age during the rise of the Internet are immigrants—but 10-year olds with iPhones and cell phones are natives online—they take to this stuff like fish to water." – Jai Singh, managing editor of The Huffington Post. (SAJAforum.org)
“India is hosting such a tournament after a long time, and this was the last thing the country could have afforded, and that, too, with less than two months left for the Games.” – Olympic bronze medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar, on alleged corruption that has tainted the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. (IANS)
“I think one of the beautiful things about America is that we embrace diversity. So I am proud that I am person of Indian origin. I embrace my Indian identity completely.” – Rashad Hussain, President Obama’s special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
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