

“It is tempting to write the history of technology through products: the wheel; the microscope; the airplane; the Internet. But it is more illuminating to write the history of technology through transitions: linear motion to circular motion; visual space to subvisual space; motion on land to motion on air; physical connectivity to virtual connectivity.”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History

“India is constipated with a lot of humbug. Take religion. For the Hindu, it means little besides caste and cow-protection. For the Muslim, circumcision and kosher meat. For the Sikh, long hair and hatred of the Muslim. For the Christian, Hinduism with a sola topee. For the Parsi, fire-worship and feeding vultures. Ethics, which should be the kernel of a religious code, has been carefully removed.”
― Train to Pakistan
― Train to Pakistan

“Reasons"
I wish I knew why he left. What his reason were. Why he changed his mind.
For all these years, I have turned it over in my head—all the possibilites—yet none of them make any sense.
And then I think, perhaps it was beacause he never loved me. But that makes the least sense of all.”
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I wish I knew why he left. What his reason were. Why he changed his mind.
For all these years, I have turned it over in my head—all the possibilites—yet none of them make any sense.
And then I think, perhaps it was beacause he never loved me. But that makes the least sense of all.”
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“Sometimes I sit alone under the stars and think of the galaxies inside my heart and truly wonder if anyone will ever want to make sense of all that I am”
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