Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives

by Sudha Murty

‘O God, I don’t need a kingdom nor do I desire to be an emperor. I don’t want rebirth or the golden vessels or heaven. I don’t need anything from you. O Lord, if you want to give me something, then give me a soft heart and hard hands, so that I can wipe the tears of others.’

‘Atma aiva hi atmano bandhu aatma aiva ripu atmanah’.

i would be my best friend and my worst enemy

Our ancestors were scared of using new vegetables and named these imports Vishwamitra srishti.’

So vegetables like eggplant and cauliflower are the creations of Vishwamitra, which must not be used at a time such as a dear one’s death anniversary.’

Adinishtura is better than antyanishtura, which means that an initial disappointment is better than a disagreement at the end.

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