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the peaks of the Dhauladhar changed colour every season.
the mountains had a mind of their own, and the patterns of the snow reflected the moods.
The snow-capped peaks spoke a language, which only the mountain people understood,
Timely rain and good snowfall was important for the crops.
Prayer was the only indulgence and solace.
surprise is the best weapon.
Even Kargil was chosen to attack India because it was a Shia majority area.
"There are times when you have to fight for what you value, that is what life is about,
"Woman; either you love her and worship her or fuck her and forget her," was one such statement.
She saw the man of her dreams in many of the novels that she read.
Affairs of the heart have no logic.
'Evil that men do lives after them." Memories
"Live to fight another day,"
“To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”
“And when the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful."
– "Where there is love, there is life," she wondered.
“Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today’s dream."
Life is a daring adventure or nothing,"
The honey trap was the hallmark of the ISI. There was a joke in the NIA, “Women spread their legs, it is ISI. Men risk their lives, it is Al-Qaeda.”
There is only so much you can do. You are but human.”
There are times when you have to fight for what you value, that is what life is about"
(It is not to make mansions, nor to sleep on the terrace, but to live in your birthplace for a few days that this struggle is all about.)
