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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
“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
“Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path- all they do is trip you up.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“At that moment, we were without doubt the greatest travellers in the world. And I was the world’s greatest travelling cat.”
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“Why don't you buy paper books? E-books lack character.”
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“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
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