

“Nehru is good with words, he studied at Harrow and Trinity College. Let us see how the pandit uses the colonizer’s language against them, Somnath says.”
― Independence
― Independence

“There will be challenges—which worthwhile endeavor doesn’t have them?—but I am prepared. Love will give me strength. Do not worry about me. It will be a grand adventure.”
― Independence
― Independence

“At an earlier time, she would have read into these gestures what she longed for; now she is grateful and resigned.”
― Independence
― Independence

“Priya thinks, The things we give away are no longer ours to control.”
― Independence
― Independence

“I only ask that we think carefully before we act. Let us not, in our anger, do something we will regret later. It is easy to start a bonfire, hard to put it out.”
― Independence
― Independence

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