“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?”
― Picture Imperfect: and other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries
― Picture Imperfect: and other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries
“Most chickens, though, grow fast – and are slaughtered at just six weeks old. When we eat chickens, they’re really just overblown, overgrown, big chicks. The ends of their bones haven’t even begun to turn from cartilage to bone yet. A single great-grandmother hen, back in the pedigree flock, can have an astonishing 3 million broiler-chicken descendants – who never make it to adulthood.”
― Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World
― Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World
“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”
― रात पश्मीने की
― रात पश्मीने की
“Submission to the experimental data is the golden rule that dominates any scientific discipline.”
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“There are events in one's life which, no matter how remote, never fade from memory”
― Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
― Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
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