Whereas before he had waited for me to ask questions, now it was he who put up little ideas, little debating points, as though he wanted to get a dis… - V. S. Naipaul

That was the best time. The last day, the day of leaving. It was a good journey. It became different at the other end.

Actually, we owe a great deal to those British officers and men and scholars who went deep into our literature, to translate the texts which the brahmins didn't want known outside their own coterie.

We have nothing. We solace ourselves with the great men of our tribe, the Gandhi and the Nehru, and we castrate ourselves. 'Here, take my manhood and invest it for me. Take my manhood and be a greater man yourself, for my sake!