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Even major distributaries would end up getting diverted—consider the case of the Bhagirathi in West Bengal, whence the main course of the Ganga shifted eastwards towards the Padma; and post the floods of 1770, even the Damodar witnessed a
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On a similar note, an earthquake in Assam changed the course of Brahmaputra
“For indeed, a man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if in the end he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions.”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
“Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path- all they do is trip you up.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“Food?" he asked.
"Is that your answer to every disagreement?" Eshonai asked, breaking her song.
"It's hard to argue with your mouth full," Thude said.”
― Words of Radiance
"Is that your answer to every disagreement?" Eshonai asked, breaking her song.
"It's hard to argue with your mouth full," Thude said.”
― Words of Radiance
“Living with this kind of cognitive dissonance is simply part of being alive at this jarring moment in history, when a crisis we have been studiously ignoring is hitting us in the face– and yet we are doubling down on the stuff that is causing the crisis in the first place.”
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
“Humans who think we don’t understand them are the stupid ones.”
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
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