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the idea that people would watch the sun rise and set and had no idea why and tried their hardest to figure out why is so humbling. the fact that i exist today and that all this history precedes me is one that has been on mind since i started this book yesterday

its incredible i feel sick to my stomach how is this happening????

they reached such a state of intimacy that later without realising it they were whispering to each other

altough (many people) do not follow (jp) in striving towards utopia they use his utopian vision to look upon the functioning reality of everyday indian politics with scorn and despair. the paradoxical consequence of the idealist is furtherance of cynicism.

(ambedkar) realised this much: no individual, no caste or community, no religious group could flourish in india without constructing some kind of relationship to tradition, some narrative of selfhood compatible with india's quest for its proper self, some foothold in the past to stabilise its presence in the future

rabindranath:
• experience...has led me to dread not so much evil itself as tyrannical attempts to create goodness
• tagore, almost alone in his time, insisted...that the greatest obstacle to be found on each of them was the slave mentality that characterised nationalism. that was his contribution to the indian idea of freedom.

rabindranath: whatever weakness we cherish in our society will become the source of danger in politics

7.1
the world has become internationalised. production...markets...transport is international. only men's ideas continue to be governed by a dogma which has no real meaning.

belated happy fathers day

made a full fledged playlist that im listenign to rn and a pinterest board already like its that serious

so obsessed with this book n the characters n the world

this book is making me giddy

its been so long since ive had to make myself stop reading a book omg

reading for class <3

shuddering

would a woman -- not even roman -- rule the world?

"antony 'succumbed with good will but did not surrender'"

cleopatra had the gift of languages and gilded easily among them. as plutarch notes, she was especially fluent in flattery.

tell me if its wrong if its right i dont ca a are i can keep a secret caan youuu