Rama Dwivedi

“The poverty of average Indians is a reason why most of my readers have a good life. It is very cheap to be middle class in India. Because the poor subsidize us all. They force the government and the markets to keep the prices of essentials, including water and electricity, very low, which we consume many times more than the average Indian.”
― Manu Joseph, Why the Poor Don't Kill Us

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.’ Or, better still: ‘A modest little person with much to be modest about.”
― Karan Thapar, As I Like It

“Germany proves that removing statues does not erase history, nor cause it to be forgotten. If anything, it may have the opposite effect.”
― Alex von Tunzelmann, Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History

“It was not what they did in war that made them proud of their past, they said. It was what they had done in peace. It was the art they made, the homage they paid to mystery and beauty.”
― Colm Tóibín, The Shortest Day