Puneet

“And you were the one who forwarded that message to me, about the candlelight march at India Gate in his name. And you forgot his name!”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“as societies gain in complexity, with more and more “cutting edge” sophistication in them, and more and more specialization, they become increasingly vulnerable to collapse.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

“All those boys celebrated Eid with me, so why wouldn’t I celebrate their festivals?’ Ummer asked, innocently perplexed.”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“Another forgotten property of stressors is in language acquisition—I don’t know anyone who ever learned to speak his mother tongue in a textbook, starting with grammar and, checked by biquarterly exams, systematically fitting words to the acquired rules.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder