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“Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. (Mukherjee”
― The God Who Failed: An Assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru's Leadership
― The God Who Failed: An Assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru's Leadership

“The common man feels that 99% of politicians are frauds and they don’t know anything, but we say around 40% are good. They are trying hard to do something, but there are constraints.” In”
― Connect The Dots
― Connect The Dots

“Thank God the Chinese don’t have hair, otherwise they would have come and annihilated us.” But”
― Connect The Dots
― Connect The Dots
“A Constitution is] The set of the most important rules and common understandings in any given country that regulate[s] the relations among that country’s governing institutions and also the relationship between those governing institutions and the people of that country.’1”
― Landmark Judgments That Changed India
― Landmark Judgments That Changed India

“Miss a particular turning and you have to go several kilometres in the wrong direction, until you find your way back. Kind of like what happens in life. You make a plan, even a roadmap. But there could be a vehicle coming at you at full speed from right around the bend. Vinayak”
― Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
― Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
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