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അവരുടെ കുട്ടിക്കാലങ്ങൾ സംതൃപ്തി പ്രസാദിക്കുന്ന മാന്ത്രിക വൃക്ഷത്തണലുകളാവട്ടെ. അവയിൽനിന്നു പഴങ്ങളും പൂക്കളും പാഴില കളുമായി ദൈവം അവരുടെമേൽ പൊഴിയട്ടെ.
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Tony Joseph
“if you were to identify a single person who embodies us Indians the best, who do you think it should be? Ideally, it should be a tribal woman because she is most likely to be carrying the deepest-rooted and widest-spread mtDNA lineage in India today, M2. In a genetic sense, she would represent all of our history, with very little left out. She shares the most with the largest number of Indians, no matter where in the social ladder they stand, what language they speak and which region they inhabit because we are all migrants, and we are all mixed.”
Tony Joseph, Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

Edith Schreiber-Wicke
“Kindsein hat nichts mit dem Alter zu tun, sagte die Stimme. Schon gar nicht mit der Größe. Kindsein heißt staunen können.”
Edith Schreiber-Wicke, Amadeus Wunderkind

Michael Ondaatje
“a person who, as the line went, would live in many places and die everywhere.”
Michael Ondaatje, Warlight

Richard Holloway
“As we have seen so often in this book, religion may begin with mystical experiences but it always leads to politics. It starts with the voice heard by the prophets who are its chosen instruments. And what they hear always leads to actions that affect the way people live: with politics. Sometimes the politics are bad. People are persecuted for following the wrong faith or for listening to the wrong voice. Or they are forced to embrace the message announced by the latest hot prophet. So the history of religion becomes a study in different forms of oppression. But sometimes the politics are good. They are about liberation, not oppression. We saw good politics in the stand the Pennsylvanian Quakers made against slavery in 1688. And in the African American Church today the politics of Christianity are still about liberation. The tactics of Moses and the promises of Jesus are used to make the world a better place. Religion is no longer used as an opiate to dull the pain of injustice and inequality but as a stimulant to overcome it. That’s what keeps many people in the religion game.”
Richard Holloway, A Little History of Religion

Richard Holloway
“So yes, religion has caused and continues to cause some of the worst violence in history. And yes, it has used God to justify it. So if we mean by God the loving creator of the universe, then either he doesn’t exist or religion has got him wrong. Either way, religion should make us wary. That doesn’t necessarily mean we should abandon it altogether. We may decide to stick with it but to do so with humility, admitting the evil it has done as well as the good. It’s up to us.”
Richard Holloway, A Little History of Religion

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