It Has Been My Experience

To Become Capable, One Must Have Faith In Oneself.

I Assure You We'll Go On Making Our Decisions Without Worrying Whether It Pleases Or Displeases The Soviet Union, China, America, France, Or Anyone Else.

Even Under The British There Were Hostile Groups. There Were Clashes. But, As We Found Out Later, These Were Clashes Provoked By Those Who Had No Wish To Let Us Live Together - On The Eve Of The Partition. The Policy Of Keeping Us Divided Was Always Followed By Foreigners, Even After The Partition. If Indians And Pakistanis Had Been Together...i Don't Say As Confederated Countries But As Neighboring And Friendly Countries...like Italy And France, For Example ...believe Me, Both Of Us Would Have Progressed Much Further.

As My Father [javāharlāl Nehrū] Said, You Have To Keep An Open Mind, But You Have To Pour Something Into It - Otherwise Ideas Slip Away Like Sand Between Your Fingers.

India Had Barely Become Independent, In 1947, When Pakistan Invaded Kashmir, Which At The Time Was Ruled By A Maharajah. The Maharajah Fled, And The People Of Kashmir, Led By Sheikh Abdullah, Asked For Indian Help. Lord [louis] Mountbatten, Who Was Still Governor General, Replied That He Wouldn't Be Able To Supply Aid To Kashmir Unless Pakistan Declared War, And He Didn't Seem Bothered By The Fact That The Pakistanis Were Slaughtering The Population.