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Revisiting: Can India Be A Great Power?

By Dr. Haider Mehdi • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It was Mahatma Gandhi who once said, “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.”  Centuries before Gandhi, the Roman poet Virgil had stated: “Anger carries the mind away.” Pietro Aretino, the 15th century Italian author, categorically defined “anger” as an anti-intellect human emotion: “Angry men are blind and foolish…” Aretino declared. Modern social-psychology [...]