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Ashvamedha - The Game Of Power Ashvamedha - The Game Of Power by Aparna Sinha
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who are hungry and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“Irrespective of the stature of the person in a society, one can never be formal at an old friend’s place.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“Power is addictive, power corrupts.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“Politics is such a bitch, it gives you pleasure, but takes away all you have.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“The human mind is not stubborn. It can be manipulated easily; all it needs is a slight glimpse of Elysian and an alpha to follow. It gets aligned to a cause and the herd starts following – following someone else’s dreams and aspirations.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“The position and the power to control changes an individual’s behaviour and outlook and he may end up doing the same things he protested against once.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“Our politicians don’t think they are answerable to the masses. They are government servants; they are answerable! Not by showing their achievements in a full colour ad, but by giving services and not charging for it ..bribes,”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“Power corrupts! And politics is meant for power.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“There can never be clean politics. Ethical politics is a myth and clean governance is a chimerical dream. Ethics in politics are meant only for parliamentary speeches and election slogans.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“India needs someone who is righteous enough to ethically utilize the taxpayer’s money and conniving enough to straighten up other corrupt people.”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“in a fight between a tiger and a lion, a fox always wins...”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha
“Thou hast come into being by the toil; the work of the gods thou art the way of holy order. With the Vasus, the gods, as deity, with the Gayatri metre I yoke thee, with the spring season as oblation I consecrate thee. —Yajur Veda, Taittiriya Samhita, Khand VII 1.18”
Aparna Sinha, Ashvamedha