Independence Quotes

“How many mysteries are locked within the people we think we know.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“I only ask that we think carefully before we act. Let us not, in our anger, do something we will regret later. It is easy to start a bonfire, hard to put it out.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“Nabakumar sighs. ‘Ma,’ he says. Then he is gone.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“Who is it that dares ask, the drowning ones—are they Hindu or Muslim?
Say instead, they are humans, they are the children of my motherland.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“Now I see that meaning well counts for nothing. Only what happens in the end matters.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“You are a daughter of independence, the country’s future. Women like you are the ones for whom we fought and died, the ones who will transform India. You must carry the flag forward. You may fall from time to time. We all did. What is important is to get up again.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“Vaishnava jana to tene kahiyeje piḍa paraayī jaaṇe re. Only those who feel the pain of others may be called truly good. Sarojini sees her listening and says, “A doctor is like that, no?”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“Far greater than all warriors who led armies to battle was this little man, the bravest, the most triumphant of all . . . May the soul of my master, my leader, my father rest not in peace, not in peace, but . . . let the powder of his bones be so charged with life and inspiration that the whole of India will, after his death, be revitalized into the reality of freedom. My father, do not rest. Do not allow us to rest. Keep us to our pledge. Give us strength to fulfill our promise, your heirs, . . . the guardians of your dreams, the fulfillers of India’s destiny.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“If she had another chance, she thinks, she would do it differently. But chance is a slippery customer, and she can feel Amit’s hands growing cold.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“At an earlier time, she would have read into these gestures what she longed for; now she is grateful and resigned.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“Nehru is good with words, he studied at Harrow and Trinity College. Let us see how the pandit uses the colonizer’s language against them, Somnath says.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“There will be challenges—which worthwhile endeavor doesn’t have them?—but I am prepared. Love will give me strength. Do not worry about me. It will be a grand adventure.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“Priya thinks, The things we give away are no longer ours to control.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“was not kind to people who place principles before practicality.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence