Mithilesh Choubey

“Among all the dark complexioned women she looked like an apsara. Ramba , Urvasi , Indrani and all other heavenly damsels are incomparable to her beauty.”
― Sumeetha Manikandan, Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan

“Well, if at all I have to get married, I will choose a poor soldier, who won’t take me away from this Chola Kingdom.”
― Sumeetha Manikandan, Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan

“पिछली पीढ़ी के मन में अगली पीढ़ी को मूर्ख और अगली के मन में पिछली को जोकर समझने का चलन वहाँ इतना बढ़ गया था कि अगर क्षेत्र साहित्य या कला का न होता, तो अब तक ग्रह युद्ध हो चुका होता।”
― Shrilal Shukla, राग दरबारी

“Pazhuvetarayar got a welcome that befitted the treasurer of the kingdom. You got a welcome that befits a true warrior.”
― Sumeetha Manikandan, Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan