Kamalini Chatterjee Quotes

The Collectorship of Madna is the seventh post that he has held in eight years. He is quite philosophic about the law that governs the transfer of civil servants; he sees it as a sort of corollary to the law of karma, namely, that the whole of life passes through innumerable and fundamentally mystifying changes, and these changes are sought to be determined by our conduct, our deeds (otherwise, we would quite simply lose our marbles); only thus can we even pretend to satisfactorily explain the mystery of suffering, which is a subject that has troubled thoughtful souls all over the world since time immemorial. It is also a hypothesis that justifies the manifest social inequalities of the Hindu community. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

In his essay,Agastya had said that his real ambition was to be a domesticated male stray dog because they lived the best life.They were assured of food,and because they were stray they didn't have to guard a house or beg or shake paws or fetch trifles or be clean or anything similarly meaningless to earn their food.They were servile and sycophantic when hungry;once fed,and before sleep,they wagged their tails perfunctorily whenever their hosts passes,as an investment for future meals.A stray dog was free,he slept a lot,barked unexpectedly and only when he wanted to,and got a lot of sex. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

To enter the corporate rat race, you need to become a rat. ~ Lakshmy Menon Chatterjee

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

The puruṣa is an intelligent principle, of which consciousness (caitanya) is not an attribute, but the very essence. It is the self which is quite distinct from the body, the senses and the mind (manas). ~ Satischandra Chatterjee

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

Future has a scheming, naughty and intelligent mind. It is never fully predictable! ~ Amit Chatterjee

Paradoxes are what draws Wisdom like bees to honey! Hence, where there is no paradox (Complexity), there is no need for Wisdom.... ~ Amit Chatterjee

We're only as good as our word. ~ Sunanda J. Chatterjee

Parents need to be lucky to be good in parenting; children have to be lucky to have great parents! ~ Amit Chatterjee

Both the divine and the devil can sit together within a human being. ~ Debashis Chatterjee

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

He didn't want the friends of the different stages of his life to meet. Their encounter would almost be between different facets of himself, face to face. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

Indecision will be your epitaph. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

I'm happy for you Agastya,you're leaving for a more meaningful context. This place is like a parody, a complete farce, they're trying to build another Cambridge here. At my old University I used to teach Macbeth to my MA English classes in Hindi.English in India is burlesque. But now you'll get out of here to somehow a more real situation. In my time I'd wanted to give this Civil Service exam too, I should have. Now I spend my time writing papers for obscure journals on L. H. Myers and Wyndham Lewis, and teaching Conrad to a bunch of half-wits. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

What if happiness is a choice? ~ Sunanda J. Chatterjee

You feel even more naked and alone, he said silently, when you reveal yourself, a gratuitous act, for the strength and comfort you look for, any of those last illusions of consolations, can finally be only within you. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

Life can be a beautiful journey if you accept who you are and accept the people around you for what they are. ~ Lakshmy Menon Chatterjee

No one reveals himself more completely to others than to himself - that is, if he reveals himself at all. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

The most prevalent form of slavery is being a slave of your own insecurities Or exploiting another's vulnerabilities.

Lust, greed and anger are the pitfalls of the short sighted. Long term business is not possible through lust, greed, anger or guile; it is done based on 'sustainable' relationships; And that is possible when happiness is your goal and each individual you transact with, is a 'strong adult Individual'. We need to invest in ourselves to make us one and in others to help them become the same.

It IS in my Selfish interest to have strong, adult individuals around! ~ Amit Chatterjee

We have good leadership only by chance, not by management.

And we need to change that! ~ Amit Chatterjee

The poorest of women is the one without close girlfriends ~ Lakshmy Menon Chatterjee

We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

It admits two ultimate realities, namely, puruṣa and prakṛti, which are independent of each other in respect of their existence. ~ Satischandra Chatterjee

Leaders are passionate about the Purpose, while Managers need to be passionate about the Results! ~ Amit Chatterjee

Do not let others drive that vehicle, called life, for you. Grab that steering wheel and discover unexplored destinations. ~ Lakshmy Menon Chatterjee

Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

Our worth comes from the promises we keep. ~ Sunanda J. Chatterjee

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

The Practising Manager's Growth Mantra

-Growth in an enterprise is created through remarkable achievements, not incremental achievements like efficiency or effectiveness.

-Remarkable achievements are possible only in complexity.

-Only volitional engagement can work in complexity. Luckily, there is no certainty in complexity. Hence, motivational engagement cannot work.

-People who make choices based on the purpose can only be volitionally engaged - they are the growth managers, the leaders. ~ Amit Chatterjee

The day you call someone "Mother" is the day their pain is hers to bear, your burden hers to carry. ~ Sunanda J. Chatterjee

Why put temptations my way when I've decided to sacrifice my future? ~ Sunanda J. Chatterjee

While followers idealize the real, leaders realize the ideal ... They outshine with their power of love those whose only motivation is love of power. ~ Debashis Chatterjee

Happiness comes from what you love to do, not necessarily from what you need to do; to succeed! ~ Amit Chatterjee

The golden (logarithmic) spiral. The golden rectangle is formed by two sides comprised of the golden ratio. Portioning off a square within the golden rectangle leaves a smaller golden rectangle, a pattern that can be repeated ad infinitum. Connecting the points of the successively smaller squares gives the golden spiral found in nautilus shells, rams' horns, whirlpools, and galaxies. ~ Anjan Chatterjee

Land is important everywhere, all kinds of land. But you have lived in cities. There you cannot sense the importance of agricultural land, its the real wealth. Each of these squares and hexagrams could be worth lakhs. ~ Upamanyu Chatterjee

No! Leadership is not the business of people who need to be motivated! ~ Amit Chatterjee