The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy, #1)
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Read between June 21 - June 25, 2020
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‘People do what their society rewards them for doing. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting.’
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if the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights. Since everybody’s rights would be automatically taken care of through someone else’s duties. Lord Ram was a genius!
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Only your karma is important. Not your birth. Not your sex. And certainly not the colour of your throat. Our entire society is based on merit.
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Like Lord Ram had said, a person’s character is not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.’
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‘Lord Ram had himself said that any philosophy, no matter how perfect, works only for a finite period. That is the law of nature and cannot be avoided.
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Deception is the instrument of the weak and even extenuating circumstances can provide no excuse. I am deeply sorry.’
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Most people find it easier to wait for the arrival of the Messiah rather than act to solve their own problems.’
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According to his rule book, any man who took his own word so seriously was deserving of respect.
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Remember, whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune-tellers.’
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People can pursue their dreams only when they are living in a society where survival is not a daily threat. In a society without security and stability, there are no intellectuals or businessmen or artists or geniuses. Man is constantly in fight or flight mode. Nothing better than an animal.