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He was optimistic about the future of India "Though never too optimistic about its governments - whether central or state, whether past, present or future.

— Fali Sam Nariman

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Don't despair. Governments are the same everywhere - in every country.

We in this country also need to make sure that the doors of learning are always kept open because India still belongs to the developing world.

I have lived and flourished in a secular India. In the fullness of time if God wills, I would also like to die in a secular India.

I don’t think, Mr. Palkhiwala, you can add anything more to what Mr. Nariman has so well presented”. These were some of the early memories in the Bombay Bar which Mr Nariman still recalls and cherish.

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