Pankaj Mishra Quotes

Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.

Pankaj Mishra

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  • Feeling
  • Intensity