Caste is not just a division of labour
The Caste System is not merely a division of labour. It is also a division of labourers.
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Abandon the method of civil disobedience, non-cooperation and satyagraha
If we wish to maintain democracy not merely in form, but also in fact, what must we do? The first thing in my judgement we must do is to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives. It means we must abandon the bloody methods of revolution. It means that we must abandon the method of civil disobedience, non-cooperation and satyagraha. When there was no way left for constitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives, there was a great deal of justification for unconstitutional methods.
Religion or caste or creed has nothing to do with the business of the State
You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed — that has nothing to do with the business of the State.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Indian football
The Durand Cup, Indian football's premier football tournament is named after Mortimer Durand, a British civil servant. So is the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Durand Line.
The refuge of the world
Jahanpanah, a title used to address Mughal emperors, is Persian for Refuge of the World. It was earlier the name of a city in the Delhi Sultanate, established by Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
The Thai and Javanese Ayodhyas
(Phra Nakhon Si) Ayutthaya in Thailand and Yogyakarta in Indonesia are both cities said to have been named after ancient Ayodhya.
Sandracottus and Purushottam
The Greeks referred to Chandragupta as Sandrokottos (or Sandracottus in Latin). Porus, on the other hand, is the Latinisation of Poros, Greek for Purushottam.
The Pandy Mutiny
Pandy or Pandee was British slang for a mutinous sepoy. The derogatory term was derived from Mangal Pandey who shot two British officers in 1857.
Holy Cow
Until around the 20th century, the cow was considered sacred (and beef taboo) in Japan, China, and other parts of South East Asia. It was also similarly considered in Ancient Egypt.
Lusophony Games
Just as India participates in the (British) Commonwealth Games, it also participates in the Portuguese equivalent, The Lusophony Games (Jogos da Lusofonia).
Aryavarta, the abode of the Aryans
In Sanskrit literature and particularly in the Manu Smriti, the region between the Himalayas and the Vindhyas was known as आर्यावर्त (Āryāvarta), the abode of the Aryans.
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