These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it makes people talk and talk about things that they have no say in ... Would they do it this time? Would they beat the Great Socialist and win the elections? Had they raised enough money of their own, and bribed enough policemen, and bought enough fingerprints of their own, to win? Like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra, the voters discuss the elections in Laxmangarh.

The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave

Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?

Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out.

Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things.

It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.

Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.