Queen of Mahishmathi Quotes

“What wins ultimately, will be called the truth.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi

“If there is anyone more unscrupulous than rulers, it is writers. Pay them enough, and they will bark for you. Pay them less, and they will bark at you. Either way, they are dogs.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi

“Read about the Mahabharata war again and again. How even the honest had to lie, the noblest had to cheat, the cruellest had to be kind and the purest had to be evil—for the game changes everyone. There is no going back.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi

“You can believe anything you want. But the fool who believes the fire is cold will perish in it.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi

“Politics is about mining religion and selling what is holy, son.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi

“You remember the day you came back with the severed head?’ ‘Yes, that of Pattaraya, Nanna,’ Bijjala said. ‘Hmm. Maybe it was of Pattaraya.’ ‘You don’t trust me, Nanna?’ Bijjala cried. ‘I don’t trust myself, son. That is why I remain king.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi

“Oh? What is rajadharma then?’ Somadeva asked with a chuckle. ‘To protect the weak, to bring prosperity to the masses, to eradicate poverty, to ensure each citizen has enough to fill their stomachs, a roof over their heads and decent clothes to wear, to ensure women can live with dignity, to build hospitals, streets, schools, to protect trade guilds, to prevent usury, to promote compassion not only to humans but to all creations of God—”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi

“You said nothing wrong, son. That is what you should keep saying to others, to the public. Your gurus have taught you well. But all this is for the consumption of the people. The moment you start believing in all this, your days as a ruler are numbered. There is only one rajadharma: survival. Do anything and everything to cling to power. The ruler who forgets that, is a dead ruler.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Queen of Mahishmathi