Raj Makaram

“A beautiful area, with a large river flowing net to a temple to the Sun god situated towards the west. A section of the river near the temple is known as Suryavarta. It is believed... bathing it can cure all kinds of skin infection and ailments including eight kinds of leprosy...The lepers, after a dip in the river waters.... and pray everyday until they are completely cured [Suryakeshetra in Bundelkhand]”
― Vishnu Bhatt, Godshe Versaikar, 1857: The Real Story Of The Great Uprising

“The drive (Sterilization) was stepped up in July and gained momentum ..... the average of 331/operations per day in June rose to 1578 in July and shot up to 5644 in August...continued to a record 6,000 cases per day”
― Kuldip Nayar, Emergency Retold

“(Mr Gandhi thought)...The parliament system was too slow at times "unproductive" , and it never gave a free hand to the person at the top....”
― Kuldip Nayar, Emergency Retold

“All of plucked the fruits. [,,] filled our bags to carry with us for onward journey. After we walked one kos our friends remembered that it was forbidden to carry fruits outside the area. If one did, we had to leave behind solid gold worth the weight of the plucked fruits”
― Vishnu Bhatt, Godshe Versaikar, 1857: The Real Story Of The Great Uprising