The Rise of Sivagami Quotes

“It was so easy to sell anything to the common people, if one could add an element of magic and some religion into it. The”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“Fight all you want, but you will never win. You can change a system only by being part of that system, by being part of the change.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“They act important because we, in our minds, think we are inferior. Just because the color of our skin is black and they are a shade fairer.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“We are a race that gains wisdom only after disaster strikes us.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“Kama, yours is the only love I want. It is what keeps me alive, keeps me going.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“As a child, rain meant endless amusement; in youth it meant romance; in middle-age, nothing mattered except the struggle of everyday living; but it was in the last leg of one’s life when the rains assumed their sinister avatar. Thimma”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“An evil man without vices was the most dangerous of all.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“The world is a jungle and each of us is alone. Each of us is the hunter and every one is the hunted. Kill or be killed. In this jungle, only the smartest will survive. Your brother is smart, you are not. You are a fool, filled with stupid notions of duty. Unless you cure yourself of this disease, you are doomed.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“A dead slave boy was worth less than the carcass of a horse. You could not make footwear with the skin of a slave.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“only creature that survived after a war was the carrion-eating vulture. It was the only one who was unaffected by the outcome of war.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“girls did not fall in love with poets or writers, except in the stories they made up.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“We collect so many things when we are young, and when we reach a certain age, we understand most of them were worthless.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“They act important because we, in our minds, think we are inferior. Just because the colour of our skin is black and they are a shade fairer.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“We are a race that gains wisdom only after disaster strikes us. For us, security is an inconvenience.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“Everyone judges others by their own standard,”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“A yawning gap of seven feet lay in front of her. She handed the lamp to Raghava and took a few steps back. ‘You are crazy,’ she heard him say as she ran and gracefully leaped over the gap. She landed safely on the other side, though the bridge swayed wildly.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“Hidumba The little man of Mahishmathi is quite dangerous. He is a khanipathi, a step below a bhoomipathi and he thinks he has been denied his promotion only because of his size. He is now in the Pattarya camp, but even Pattaraya is wary of this dwarf.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“Good people often lost out. To come up in life, one needed to be devious and cunning.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“If you love your duty only when your master treats you well or pleasant things happen to you, you are no better than an animal that seeks pleasure and shuns pain.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“Achi used to say that, for a woman, sex was her greatest strength. Morality was nothing but a chain invented by man to enslave women.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“It was so easy to sell anything to the common people, if one could add an element of magic and some religion into it”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“The river had no qualms about the colour of his skin. She would embrace anyone who came to her and keep them in her heart. She waited for him below, laughing with her countless hands beating over as many rocks. The river with a heart of stone.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“It is easy to take revenge, to kill and to die. It is tough to be part of the system and change it, inch by inch.”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“it is the blood of the peasant, the sweat of the weaver, the flesh of the artisan, the words of the poet, the trade of the trader. It is us they all eat and become fat, strong, rich, wise and noble.’ For”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami

“Mahishmathi. Kattappa is deeply honoured to have been chosen to serve Bijjaladeva, the elder prince of Mahishmathi. He is the son of Malayappa, the personal slave of Maharaja Somadeva. Pattaraya A rich and ambitious nobleman, he is a bhoomipathi, a title of great importance in the Mahismathi kingdom. He is known for his cunning and ruthlessness. He is a self-made man who rose from poverty to riches through his intelligence and hard work. He is dedicated to his family and loves his”
― Anand Neelakantan, The Rise of Sivagami