Pranay Lal > Quotes

“The maestro of the orchestra of life is the genetic material which directs the proteins, sugars and minerals. It receives signals about the external environment, decides the speed and timing of the reactions and communicates this information to all cells. It breaks down sugars, clears waste, repairs the membrane and reproduces.”
― Pranay Lal, Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent

“It is not just viruses that we lack detailed knowledge about – we don’t know enough about particularly tiny life forms in general. Part of this problem arises from the fact that much of our knowledge about animals and plat species is dependent upon size. The bigger the life form, the more we know about it.”
― Pranay Lal, Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses

“Virus are a part of us. We cannot eliminate them without making ourselves extinct. We must begin to abandon or unending campaigns and eradication programmes that deploy toxic technologies to control diseases. We need sanity on how we use antibiotics, synthetic chemicals and disinfectants, and we need to stop “over-medicalizing” our lives.”
― Pranay Lal, Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses