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Poor countries are poor because they are hot, infertile, malaria infested, often landlocked; this makes it hard for them to be productive without an initial large investment to help them deal with these endemic problems.
“The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“the discipline and abstraction of putting my life into words, every day, helped me to cope with shame and its first cousin, despair.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“Love is the opposite of power. That’s why we fear it so much.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“In matters of food I am French, in matters of love I am Italian, and in matters of business I am Swiss.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
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Aditya’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Aditya’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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