Splendours of Royal Mysore Quotes

“The state was ruled for over 600 years by the Yadava dynasty who called themselves the Wodeyars of Mysore.”
― Vikram Sampath, Splendours of Royal Mysore

“It is this social ethos that Mysore has been able to maintain, even as the rat race rushes on unabated elsewhere. It is a city that has not yet opened its eyes to avarice, urbane sophistication and the materialistic way of life. You cannot help but get transported into the past when you are in Mysore, because history for the average Mysorean is not dead, found in the cold storage of text books giving sleepless nights to many a student, but a more vibrant and enlivening aspect of their daily lives that makes them shoot at least cursory glances at all those forts, palaces, statues of their erstwhile rulers and remind themselves of the legacy they inherit. The kingdom may be long gone, but it still lives among the people, their attitudes, their daily discussions, musings and reminiscences.”
― Vikram Sampath, Splendours of Royal Mysore

“The sad truth of our glorious land is that our countrymen do not lack in wisdom, courage and intellect; but they do not lack in treachery, cunningness and avarice either. The smell and sight of gold is enough to send all our patriotism down the drain. We were certainly conquered by the external enemy, but more significantly by the enemy within. The misfortune, however, remains that we have not learnt any lessons from history, which they say repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time, and continue to divide ourselves along narrow, petty lines.”
― Vikram Sampath, Splendours of Royal Mysore

“It would be no exaggeration to say that had Madhava Rao lived on, India’s history would have unfolded differently, and the East India Company would have had a tougher time subjugating the country.”
― Vikram Sampath, Splendours of Royal Mysore

“The people of the Deccan never reconciled to the fact of being governed by invaders who had occupied the throne of power at Delhi.”
― Vikram Sampath, Splendours of Royal Mysore