Raj Makaram

“(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

“Domesticated chickens and cattle may well be an evolutionary success story, but they are also among the most miserable creatures that ever lived. The domestication of animals was founded on a series of brutal practices that only became crueller with the passing of the centuries.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“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