Shekhar Rathore

“As I was typing this last sentence, somewhat hastily, my computer’s spellcheck offered ‘Brutish’ as an acceptable substitute for ‘British’ rule in India!”
― Shashi Tharoor, An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

“The linguistic reorganization was one of the bold experiments and it worked great. It strengthened India by enabling strong states and weakening the many separatist movements (that wanted to separate fearing India's imposition of one culture). It is extremely rare to see a strong nation where each state spoke a different language. India pulled off a miracle.”
― Balaji Viswanathan, From Tryst to Tendulkar: The History of Independent India

“No matter the journey, one will always face opposition, whether in the form of competitors, enemies, meddlers, saboteurs, incompetents, and the like. The simplest way to defeat them all is to accomplish what you set out to accomplish.”
― Sean Patrick, Alexander the Great: The Macedonian Who Conquered the World