Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?


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A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
I'm not an expert on the arms race.
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for c...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are ...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell ...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human ...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting ...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual....
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM
For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need ...
PAULA ABDUL
Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real c...
PAULA ABDUL
I think the problem (of violence) is increasing and people have to decide whether they will solve it...
ABDUL ZAEEF
Afghanistan needs reconciliation but I don't think the Americans want to negotiate.
ABDUL ZAEEF
They accused me of anything, anything at all, but they had no evidence.
ABDUL ZAEEF
These tribunals were not courts. I had no rights.
ABDUL ZAEEF
Where is the evidence? Where is the proof? We are not going to do this.
ABDUL ZAEEF
It has angered Muslims of the world and can plunge the whole region into a crisis. We are ready to c...
ABDUL ZAEEF
That the opposition forces have made advancement is a mere lie. The opposition have no support among...
ABDUL ZAEEF
Those who have tried to put their own preferred leaders in Afghanistan paid a very high price for th...
ABDUL SATTAR
We are prepared to enter into a dialogue with India at any place, at any level, anywhere, at any tim...
ABDUL SATTAR
We talked also about nuclear issues, and I have informed the secretary of state that Pakistan will m...
ABDUL SATTAR
It is really impossible for these people to go out and vote,
ABDUL SATTAR
President Clinton has displayed unique qualities to bring parties in a conflict to the negotiating t...
ABDUL SATTAR
Our fears have been born out by the reports of several international humanitarian agencies, which ha...
ABDUL SATTAR
There has been no change whatsoever in the capability of Indian forces massed on our borders and the...
ABDUL SATTAR
The government can't just sew together an outfit and dress the people up by force. We do not see our...
ABDUL SATTAR
We are ready to cooperate with any effort or good offices by the United Nations or the international...
ABDUL SATTAR
Of course, the assumption that Pakistan is in a position to exercise complete influence is flawed.
ABDUL SATTAR
These brutal attacks are as horrendous, terrorist acts as any in the world. America has always chose...
ABDUL SALAM
I'm certain this will open a new page in Libya's foreign relations,
ABDUL SALAM
This (report of a high-level Taliban defection) was a complete lie. (It's) part of the propaganda ag...
ABDUL SALAM
According to Islam, the blood of anyone who spies for the enemy or sympathizes with it in time of wa...
ABDUL SALAM
If they want to show their might, we are ready and we will never surrender before might and force,
ABDUL SALAM
The world is coming together now and we want to be part of this world.
ABDUL SALAM
It was a well-organized plan and Osama has no such facilities.
ABDUL SALAM
It is premature to level allegations against a person who is not in a position to carry out such att...
ABDUL SALAM
We want to tell the American children that Afghanistan feels your pain and we hope that the courts f...
ABDUL SALAM
We can't say what it would cost now because we haven't done an up-to-date feasibility study yet.
ABDUL SALAM
This is just the beginning We will fight till the day of persecution is over.
ABDUL REEKI
No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian governm...
ABDUL REEKI
If they hang all the 16 of our colleagues, we do not mind because we know they would be martyrs and ...
ABDUL REEKI
We will chop their heads once our deadline is over.
ABDUL REEKI
Doctors say that the recovery process is going to be slow because the infection is severe and will t...
ABDUL RAZZAQ