Edward Luce
9 quotes
Biography
"In the villages Buddha has become just one more god to be placed alongside the popular Hindu deities in the Mahar household ... When Mahars greet each other, they say "Ram Ram", the traditional Hindu greeting."
"The tendency to accept that there are many paths to God derives from India's long-running traditions of tolerance between religions."
"If utilities are allowed to charge customers for what they use, there is an incentive to supply them... In the cities, charging the poor for water would ensure that the poor would receive it."
"American libertarians should rarely be taken at face value. They generally share two characteristics. The first is that they are rich. It is as rare to find an impoverished libertarian as it is to find a wealthy socialist. The second reason is that their libertarianism rarely stretches beyond their personal freedoms, especially the liberty not to be taxed. Other people's freedom is their own lookout."
"Luce is acutely aware of India's multiple challenges."
"Edward Luce has persuasively argued that the political settlement often referred to as liberal democracy is now on the global defensive."
"To sum up, Edward Luce is a typical Western press correspondent in Delhi. He doesn’t hate India or Hinduism, but has innocently lapped up all the prejudices of the so-called secularists."
"On the wall of Amshad's office there was a poster that made me laugh: DO NOT GIVE ME A BANGLE, GIVE ME A PEN. Well-meaning charities often train illiterate slum women to make cheap trinkets."
"It is as if we were to start hacking a path through the Amazon forest. By the time we have proceeded a hundred yards, the undergrowth takes over again."