Being Different Quotes

“India itself cannot be viewed only as a bundle of the old and the new, accidentally and uncomfortably pieced together, an artificial construct without a natural unity. Nor is she just a repository of quaint, fashionable accessories to Western lifestyles; nor a junior partner in a global capitalist world. India is its own distinct and unified civilization with a proven ability to manage profound differences, engage creatively with various cultures, religions and philosophies, and peacefully integrate many diverse streams of humanity.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism

“For while the Vedas say, 'truth is one, paths are many', the differences among those paths are not inconsequential.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism

“Essences and exclusivism reinforce one another, both aiding and abetting intellectual control.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism

“Those raised in dharma naturally tend to look for a common element among apparently different things, to discover the reality below the appearances and to appreciate relationships among seemingly unrelated phenomena.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism

“An open past serves as a creative resource for future generations who might want to explore the roads not taken.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism

“One does not say of a tiger's kill that both tiger and prey are 'changed for the better' by the digestion, or that the two kinds of animals have 'flowed into one another' to produce a better one. Rather, the food of the tiger becomes a part of the tiger's body, breaking down and obliterating, in the process, the digested animal.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism