Jehan Manekshaw

“Nationalism may begin with ideas among the elite but its propagation involves having mass support. Initially, anti-colonial”
― Romila Thapar, On Nationalism

“The study found that ‘technological distraction’ – just getting emails and calls – caused a drop in the workers’ IQ by an average of ten points. To give you a sense of how big that is: in the short term, that’s twice the knock to your IQ that you get when you smoke cannabis. So this suggests in terms of being able to get your work done, you’d be better off getting stoned at your desk than checking your texts and Facebook messages a lot.”
― Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

“Focus, damn you. I thought back to this moment when, over a year later, I interviewed Professor Gloria Mark, who has spent years studying the science of interruptions. She explained to me that if you have spent long enough being interrupted in your daily life, you will start to interrupt yourself even when you are set free from all these external interruptions.”
― Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

“Strategically, as my friend and founding Acumen board member Stuart Davidson says, “If you want advice, ask for money. If you want to raise money, ask for advice.” We all yearn to be recognized.”
― Jacqueline Novogratz, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World