"It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions."

Politics, Freedom, Speech, Religion, Conflict

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"It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions."

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"What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy."

Power

"When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear."

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"Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours."

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"This is going to make me sound ancient, but I remember Juhu Beach when there weren't any buildings on it. You'd go through countryside and arrive at this amazing beach. I remember driving from Delhi to the Qutab Minar through countryside. Mehrauli was a little village - that's all gone."

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"From birds she learned how to sing, from cats she learned a form of dangerous independence."

Freedom

"This may be the curse of the human race, not that we are so different from one another, but that we are so alike."

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"What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist."

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"Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless."

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