" Independence was worked for by people more or less at the top ; the freedom it brought has worked its way down. People everywhere have ideas now of who they are and what they owe themselves. "
V. S Naipaul : A Million Mutinies Now
" Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul , But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship" .
B.R. Ambedkar said in a famous speech to the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949, just before putting the Constitution of India to vote.
