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“The only way to speak of death is flippantly. Death is what makes life ironical – it eludes you when you want it the most, and seeks you out when you desire it the least. Perhaps, if we manage to perfect our longing for death, we may even become immortal ...’

- Govinda Shauri in Govinda: The Aryavarta Chronicles Book 1”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Govinda

“People often ask me why my style is so simple. It is, in fact, deceptively simple, for no two sentences are alike. It is clarity that I am striving to attain, not simplicity.

Of course, some people want literature to be difficult and there are writers who like to make their readers toil and sweat. They hope to be taken more seriously that way. I have always tried to achieve a prose that is easy and conversational. And those who think this is simple should try it for themselves.”
― Ruskin Bond, Best Of Ruskin Bond

“A man is not defined by one allegiance alone... If he were, then reason would have no value, nor would loyalty have meaning.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kaurava

“Noble though it may be, our way of life is nothing but servitude. It does not take long for servitude to turn to subjugation.
– Shikandin Draupada”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“A new age dawns, Uttara. The Wheel of Time has turned. Not too long from now – hopefully in our lifetime – Aryavarta will be a janapada, a realm ruled by its people, the largest such in the world!
– Abhimanyu Karshni”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“Without love, we would not comprehend compassion.
- Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“Men like you and I make myths, we weave stories to sanctify the life that has been given to us. But not Govinda. Men like him don’t make myths; they make destiny.
– Kshatta Vidur”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“You… are the symbol of the revolution that will transform Aryavarta; you are the one who has brought us to this.
– Panchali Draupadi”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“Peace is one thing, revolution is another. You were either impatient or highly optimistic to think one would lead to the other.
– Panchali Draupadi.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“I have placed my faith in humanity, but faith in the universal becomes meaningless without faith in the individual.
– Panchali Draupadi”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“Kill them. Kill them all. Remind the world what it means to be Arya. Remind the world what it is to walk with the gods.
– Syoddhan Kauravya”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“We are at war. There will be scars.
– Uttara Vairati”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“The Wheel of Time spins: there is beginning and there is end. But why does the Wheel of Time spin? Is it some divine force that propels it? Or is that force humanity, people in search of change and a better way of life?
– Asvattama Bharadvaja”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“No one person is the cause for or consequence of all that happens. I am just the tenth man, the threshold, the turn in the tide. I stand here on the shoulders of humanity, a mere instrument of Time.
– Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“For too long now divinity and destiny have legitimized what reason and compassion would not. An individual for a family, a family for the kingdom, a kingdom for an empire... And now – an empire for humanity.
– Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“I am death; I am this blood, these ravaged lands, and this wanton destruction.
– Panchali Draupadi”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“… the greatest mystery, the greatest wonder of creation is that we are capable of both relentless reason and boundless love ... It is not about what we are, but what we can become.
– Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra