Beyond the Lines Quotes

“Over the years I have felt that both the IAS and IPS have developed a kind of feudal class consciousness that does not go well with the service to the people that India needs. Their initial idealism begins to diminish within a few years of service and they gradually become part of the furniture.”
― Kuldip Nayar, Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography

“She however practiced discrimination without even realizing that she was doing so when it came to the untouchables. She would not allow the girl who swept the floor at home to enter her kitchen. Once when she did by mistake, I heard my mother shouting at her endlessly while washing the kitchen floor with buckets of water, which ironically were brought by the same girl from a nearby well.”
― Kuldip Nayar, Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography

“I have oscillated between faith and doubt for many years but have come to accept that there is a force which I feel within but which I cannot explain.”
― Kuldip Nayar, Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography

“I often imagine myself engaged in a slew of activities to transform their destiny; a genie fighting against evil. Wishful thinking perhaps, but the tedium and tension involved in the very process pushes aside such cogitations and I return to a self-centred life of good meals and an air-conditioned room.”
― Kuldip Nayar, Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography

“इन्दिरा गांधी इस आधिकारिक रिपोर्ट से भी प्रभावित थीं कि उनकी लाकेप्रियता अपने चरम पर थी। इसलिए उन्होंने इमरजेंसी में कुछ ढील देने का फैसला किया। संजय गांधी ने जब उनके इस फैसले के बारे में सुना, और यह भी कि वे चुनाव करवाने की सोच रही थीं, तो वे आग-बबूला हो गए। वे आनेवाले कई वर्षों तक चुनावों के खिलाफ थे। माँ-बेटे में काफी गर्मागर्मी हुई, लेकिन जब संजय ने देखा कि वे अपने फैसले पर अटल थीं तो वे कुछ ढीले पड़ने लगे। चुनाव करवाने के पीछे इन्दिरा गांधी की कुछ भी बाध्यताएँ रही हों, लेकिन यह इस बात की स्वीकृति थी कि कोई भी व्यवस्था लोगों की सहमति और प्रोत्साहन के बिना नहीं चल सकती। एक तरह से यह इमरजेंसी के दौरान लोगों के धीरज और सहनशीलता का परिणाम था। और सच्चाई यह थी कि आखिर में यही अनपढ़, पिछड़े हुए और गरीब लोग विजयी होनेवाले थे।”
― Kuldip Nayar, एक जिन्दगी काफी नहीं

“Patel reportedly offered Kashmir to Pakistan in exchange for Hyderabad’s accession to New Delhi. Liaquat Ali was inclined to accept, not knowing when the elusive Kashmir would be Pakistan’s. Patel and Liaquat Ali were on the same wavelength. The former was not interested in Kashmir and the latter disinterested in Hyderabad.”
― Kuldip Nayar, Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography

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― Kuldip Nayar, Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography

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― Kuldip Nayar, Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography