“Home expands it becomes the country. It grows to be India that become the Himalayas and the Vindyachal, the Ganges… the Cauvery; it becomes Rameshwaram… it grows to be W:Rama:Rama and Lakshmana, the Buddha and the Shankaracharya, Mouniddin Ajmeri and Jalaluddin Akbar; it becomes Nanak and Kabir, Surdas, Tukaram, and Mirabai; it becomes Kalidas and Tulsidas; it becomes Mir, Ghalib and Anis; it becomes Vallathol and Tagore; it becomes Gandhi and Abul Kalam, Vinoba and Nehru.”

— Zakir Hussain (politician)

Source: Uniqueness of Zakir Husain and His Contributions (1997), p. 25.

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