Gopikanta

“The day that man discovered the tools to kill another human being, he also brought into being a weapon that could boomerang upon him at any time. The sophisticated weaponry that is, in great secrecy, being produced all over the world today, might one day serve to destroy the entire human race. Like the demon who sprung into being from Brahma’s imagination, like Frankenstein’s monster, it won’t even spare its creators. Don’t you think so?”
― Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Picture Imperfect: and other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries

“उम्मीद भी है, घबराहट भी कि अब लोग क्या कहेंगे, और इससे बड़ा डर यह है कहीं ऐसा ना हो कि लोग कुछ भी ना कहें!! गुलज़ार”
― Gulzar, रात पश्मीने की

“रूढ़ियों को लोग इसलिए मानते हैं, क्योंकि उनके सामने रूढ़ियों को तोड़ने वालों के उदाहरण पर्याप्त मात्रा में नहीं हैं।”
― Rahul Sankrityayan

“As I have often said later, I was thrown into this little dusty town in Gujarat and into the lives of the dairy farmers of Kaira district by what I consider to be a sheer accident of fate – what turned out to be a strange pre-planned act of destiny. I had always imagined that I was cut out for ‘bigger and better things’ – for a glamorous, fast-paced life in a big city, a job with a prestigious firm and the pleasures of the luxurious lifestyle that go with it. Anand did not figure anywhere in my scheme of things. But I had to honour the contract with the Government of India which had enabled my higher studies in the US and therefore, here I was in Anand, a fish out of water.”
― Verghese Kurien, I Too Had a Dream