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‘Svedana… Mardana… Murchana… Uthapana… Patana… Rodhana… Niyamana… Sandipana…’ Ashoka closed his eyes, almost meditating on the words. ‘Gaganagrass… Carana… Garbhadruti… Bahyadruti… Jarana… Ranjana… Sarana… Kramana… Vedhana… Bhaksana.’
‘All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost. Food that is sweet can be bitter Eyes meant to see can be glossed. Seeing eyes are children two, But the discerning eye is the mother. Potions and chants, it is true, Are complemented by another.’
‘You see, I’m intelligent but you’re smart. Generally, the intelligent land up in the employment of the smart.’
The young man, in his late twenties or early thirties, looked at Arvind. ‘A single country can’t have two Constitutions, two Prime Ministers, and two national emblems. What do you think?’ Arvind thought about it for a moment and then spoke. ‘Roses are red, violets are blue, we have one problem, who needs two?’ The young man laughed and patted Arvind on his head. ‘I too love poetry but mostly in Hindi. What’s your name?’ ‘Arvind Bagadia. And yours?’ ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee.’
business was simply a name given to the art of taking money from others without using force.
‘What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you,’
‘Unfortunately, in the conflict between power and love, power usually wins,
It was the same cloth that went into making the dungarees of British workmen. In fact, the word ‘dungaree’ was simply an English bastardization of Dongri.
Mahatma Gandhi had once said that an eye for an eye would end up making the whole world blind. It was time for the world to go blind.
Some animals hunt. Others hide.
Some animals hunt. Others hide. And a few hunt while they hide.
Some animals hunt. Others hide. And a few hunt while they hide.
‘Revenge is delicious but can sometimes cause indigestion. Tread carefully,’
‘If you do not get caught, you deserve to keep it!’
I have learnt that one should be cautious when others are eager and be eager when others are cautious.’
Money changes everyone and everything,
‘A businessman with a clear conscience is an oxymoron.’
Everyone should believe in something,’ said Joydeep, calling for one of the waiters bearing a drinks tray. ‘I believe I’ll have another drink.’
‘Don’t get mad,’ said Arbaaz. ‘Get even.’
When it rains, it bloody pours,
Ah make the most of what yet we may spend, before we too into dust descend!
Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, had once famously observed, ‘A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.’
Money makes everything right
‘The word “secretary” comes from the medieval Latin word secretarius which means a person entrusted with secrets. That’s why America has a secretary of state, it’s why the Communist Party has a general secretary, and it’s why the United Nations has a secretary-general.’
I believe in God but I don’t trust his managers,’
“The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions.”—Oliver Wendell
