India in the Age of Ideas Quotes

“Some of the foreign writers and thinkers who have influenced me include Friedrich Hayek, Joseph Schumpeter, Daniel Kahneman, Lee Kuan Yew, Nassim Taleb, Karl Popper, Charles Darwin, Sun Tzu, Vidiadhar Naipaul and Jane Jacobs, to name a few.”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, India in the Age of Ideas: Select Writings: 2006-2018

“no plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy.”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, India in the Age of Ideas: Select Writings: 2006-2018

“COLACHEL, TAMIL NADU This is the coastal town where Martanda Varma, ruler of the tiny kingdom of Venad (later Travancore) decisively defeated the Dutch East India Company in 1741. This was a major feat as the Dutch were then the world’s leading maritime power and controlled what is now South Africa, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The Dutch never recovered and went into decline. No Asian would again defeat a European power decisively till the Japanese navy defeated the Russians at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. A commemorative column still stands at the spot where Martanda Varma accepted Dutch surrender.”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, India in the Age of Ideas: Select Writings: 2006-2018