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Diptarup Ghosh Dastidar

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currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (395)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

comics‎ (245)
series‎ (205)
really-good-novels‎ (61)
academics‎ (54)

drama‎ (28)
short-stories‎ (17)
not-so-good-novels‎ (13)
travels‎ (12)

non-fiction‎ (11)
poetry‎ (8)
essays‎ (6)
long-run-reads‎ (6)

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Diptarup’s Quotes

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, fire, star, universe

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“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

tags: democracy, equality, government, misattributed

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“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

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“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
― Saul Bellow

tags: book-lovers, libraries, reading

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“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

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Reader's Paradise — 1042 members — last activity Jun 15, 2025 08:54AM
This is place where you can share your thoughts on a book. If you want to express your feelings of a book you like or if you want to vent out your fee ...more

Indian Readers — 17636 members — last activity 21 hours, 5 min ago
"For Indians /non Indians/Earthlings/Aliens, who have a zeal to read and are passionate about books" says the Creator of this group :) To add to it, ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222850 members — last activity Apr 30, 2026 03:29PM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 322212 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Read Runners — 1475 members — last activity Apr 29, 2026 04:11AM
We are 'Read Runners' - measuring our lives by pages read, books completed, and discussions had. Join us, if you enjoy reading - whether slow or quic ...more

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