“It
is a terrible calamity when human beings come near to one another and yet do
not recognize the deeper bond of human relationship; when a strong people
exploits the weaker and when some baser passion of men awaken at the meeting of
races, obscuring the truth that unites them. This is a shame and should not be
allowed to continue. I have felt deeply the pain of this unnatural situation.”
(Talks In China: The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: Edited By Sisir
Kumar Das. P-648)