"India is like a donkey carrying a sack of gold. The donkey does not know what it is carrying but is content to go along with its load on the back."
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Quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa., p. 10
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Nanabhoy Palkhivala
Nanabhoy Palkhivala (January 16, 1920 – December 11, 2002) was an Indian jurist and economist.
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