“If you’ll pardon me for making this somewhat prosaic observation – maybe that’s what life is, or ends up being most of the time: a rehearsal for a performance that never eventually materializes.”
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
“Even in the most uneventful of our lives, we are called upon to choose our battles...”
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
“An Urdu couplet by one of his favorite poets, Mir Taqi Mir: Jis sar ko ghurur aaj hai yaan taj-vari ka Kal uss pe yahin shor hai phir nauhagari ka The head which today proudly flaunts a crown Will tomorrow, right here, in lamentation drown.”
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
“India belongs not to Punjabis, Biharis, Gujaratis, Madrasis, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, but to those beautiful creatures—peacocks, elephants, tigers, bears…”
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
“Breathe gently here, for with fragility all is fraught, Here, in this workshop of the world, where wares of glass are wrought”
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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