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“These days, every politician is a laughing-stock, and the laughter which occasionally used to illuminate the dark corners of the political world with dazzling, unexpected shafts of hilarity has become an unthinking reflex on our part, a tired Pavlovian reaction to situations that are too difficult or too depressing to think about clearly.”
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“How queer, the Hindus don’t feed their cows although they call the cow “mother”!’ Bakha thought.”
― Untouchable
― Untouchable
“Over the years I have felt that both the IAS and IPS have developed a kind of feudal class consciousness that does not go well with the service to the people that India needs. Their initial idealism begins to diminish within a few years of service and they gradually become part of the furniture.”
― Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography
― Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography
“How concrete everything becomes in the world of the spirit when an object, a mere door, can give images of hesitation, temptation, desire, security, welcome and respect. If one were to give an account of all the doors one has closed and opened, of all the doors one would like to re-open, one would have to tell the story of one's entire life.”
― The Poetics of Space
― The Poetics of Space
“...who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension...”
― Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
― Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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