Revathi Ramanan

“Death must be an interval, a rest for a tired and misused body, which has to be destroyed before it can be renewed. But consciousness is a continuing thing. Our very thoughts have an existence of their own. Are we so unimaginative as to presume that life is confined to the shells that are our bodies?”
― Anonymous

“We are a flawed, weak species, he gently reminds us in these pages, focusing his attention, clearly and without sentiment, on those who will stoop low, those who will stop at nothing. What makes us care for such frequently pathetic characters is that they, like most of the rest of us, are strivers, driven by hopes for a slightly better life.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“It is stimulating to live in a society that is not standardized or mechanized, and is free from monotony.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“If sardines could take a look at the situation in a third class railway compartment, they would not have anything to complain about. It is a perfect example of the individual being swallowed up by the mass, of a large number of identities merging into one corporate whole. Your leg, you discover, is not yours but your neighbour’s; the growth of hair on your shoulder is someone’s beard; and the cold wind whistling down your neck is his asthmatic breath, a baby materializes in your lap and is reclaimed only after it has wet your trousers; and the corner of a seat which you had happily thought was your own green spot on this earth is suddenly usurped by a huge Sikh with a sword dangling at his side.”
― Anonymous