Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

  India has been deeply appreciative of the support of the Pravasi Bharatiya community, at times of need. Whenever Indian has faced a challenge to its security or to its territorial integrity, you have tirelessly championed its cause.

Dr. Fatima Meer, the South African political activist who wrote Higher Than Hope, Mandela's authorized biography.

We are not a diaspora of India. We have struggled long and hard to be called South African. Those who called us a diaspora should give us an explanation..

Prof. Amarteya Sen

We need to celebrate the diversity of the (Indian) culture where tradition, culture and civilization are all open.

Nobel laureate Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul 

   Indians must shed the idea of being a victim and turn the barb on ourselves to find out why have we failed historically.

  Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani

  If you ask an NRI to tear open his heart, you will find the Indian map there just as in Hanuman’s heart there were Ram and Sita.

  Ms Nadira Naipaul to LK Advani

  With all this constant talk of Hindu tradition and all that, what is the position of the non-resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) who were not Hindu, but who were Muslim, Christian and secular?

  Dr L M Singhvi, MP and Chairman, High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora, Chairman, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2003.

There is much we can do together. I hope and pray that Providence will bless this propitious beginning for a fascinating journey of fruitful exploration and endeavour, and that in the years to come we may look upon it as the starting point of a consecrated and purposeful new pilgrimage of the kindred togetherness of the Global Indian family.

This, and here and now, is future history in making, for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is not merely about the Past and its problems or the Present and its Challenges. This Diaspora Utsav is about our resolve to contribute to our Common Future.

Narendra Modi and  lokvani

NM:  I am a small man, only big people give messages. I don’t have anything to say to the press right now.

Lokvani : Are you afraid I may ask a controversial question? 

 NM: I am not afraid to answer any of your questions. But, not now. Later”

Heckler Devismita Patnaik, an Odissi dancer from Paris to Modi

What about the safety of Muslims in your state? We want an answer. The rosy picture of Gujarat is misleading.

Modi to Patnaik

There is no difference between your thinking and others' thinking. Thank you for your suggestion

JC Sharma to Lokvani

It is an attempt to bring Indians from every corner of the globe under one roof. We want to create better knowledge and awareness about each other. Our fundamental objective is that overseas Indian should know more about India and India should know more about overseas Indians.

 Rajat Gupta, CEO of Mckinsey

Indians abroad should be like the roots of a Banyan tree. As the roots mature the mother tree gets more support. And India's cultural diversity, sense of belonging and other Indian values make the canopy.

Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood superstar

Sushma ji( Sushma Swaraj) will slap me , I am such a bad boy.

Sushma Swaraj on hearing that

Giggles uncontrollably

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