“With a clarity of mind and an optimism that he hadn’t felt in years, Ka saw at once that the heart of the matter was shame.”
― Snow: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
― Snow: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
“The Pretotyping Manifesto Make sure you are building the right it before you build it right innovators beat ideas pretotypes beat productypes data beats opinions now beats later doing beats talking simple beats complex commitment beats committees”
― Pretotype It: Make sure you are building The Right It before you build It right
― Pretotype It: Make sure you are building The Right It before you build It right
“सुबह-ए-बनारस थी शाम-ए-अवध थी साँय-साँय करती शब-ए-सहरा थी और इस देश की दोपहरें पसीने और ख़ून से लथपथ और कोलतार की तरह पिघली हुई थीं!”
― Hindnama : Ek Mahadesh Ki Gatha
― Hindnama : Ek Mahadesh Ki Gatha
“The poem Ka wrote during the ensuing silence, without a single pause or missing word, he would later call ‘Heaven’. If he placed it on the ‘Imagination’ axis of the snowflake, far from the centre, right at the top, this was not to suggest that Heaven was the future of which we dream: for Ka, Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories.”
― Snow: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
― Snow: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
“Morning!’ the older man exclaims. ‘Hi,’ the younger man says, slightly dismissively. ‘I’d offer you some coffee, but I suppose you’re still not a coffee drinker?’ the old officer says, as if it were some sort of disability. ‘No,’ the younger man replies, like someone turning down an offer of human flesh.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
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