Satyadeep Mishra Quotes

Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government. ~ Pankaj Mishra

It's strange how necessary it is to have problems to be able to prepare for avoiding future disasters. ~ Pawan Mishra

Politics now is really only about self-interest, which means it has violence built into it because your self-interest is going to collide with the self-interest of the rest of the world. That's inevitable. ~ Pankaj Mishra

Villagers took her sudden death as a curse of verdict stone.... ~ Jalaj Mishra

No matter how far and where to birds may fly, they never lose their way and always find their way back home ~ Anamika Mishra

The idea that human beings can make history, that is something quite unique to the modern West. ~ Pankaj Mishra

National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule. ~ Pankaj Mishra

If you think of India in the 1980s, there weren't many writers in English around. The ones that were there, Amitav Ghosh or Vikram Seth, were living abroad or publishing from abroad. ~ Pankaj Mishra

Life is iffy. We never know when it might pull the plug (we don't know opponent's strategy), so we should live and enjoy every moment to its fullest (minimize losses.
Enjoy this moment - this, this very moment. Live today, as if there's no tomorrow. ~ Rajat Mishra

We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world. ~ Pankaj Mishra

As the 19th century progressed, Europe's innovations, norms and categories came to achieve a truly universal hegemony. ~ Pankaj Mishra

Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries. ~ Pankaj Mishra

There are things in life that science will never be able to see. We have to rely on what has been passed from our ancestors, generation to generation. ~ Pawan Mishra

Preach little, Pray more;
But Pray for all, not for your own satisfaction; ~ Ankit Mishra

Realizing that you are in love is itself a beautiful feeling ... And there is nothing like one-sided love or both-sided love. Love is simply love. Celebrate this feeling ~ Anamika Mishra

There is always a next time ~ Anamika Mishra

Political elites look increasingly interchangeable: Blair, Brown, and Cameron have all tried to provide cover for the surrender of sovereignty to foreign investors with invocations of 'British' values, and, more opportunistically, anti-immigrant rhetoric. ~ Pankaj Mishra

The act of gaining true insights from self - reflection is a futile action for most ... as there are easy way out things like self justification, rationalization, delusions and denial which keeps us away from our true self, the inner core and thus we live contented ~ Anubhav Mishra

The whole idea of mindfulness is all about having a second-level monitoring of your thoughts and being able to recognize them as being negative or harmful before they become a part of your being, before they become some kind of action like writing an angry letter to someone or speaking too strongly to someone. ~ Pankaj Mishra

There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was a great example of that. ~ Pankaj Mishra

I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or "You have to do that." Buddhism does not prescribe rituals or prohibitions in the way many religions do. ~ Pankaj Mishra

Had we not decided to perform this as gracefully as a dancer's leap? But we turned it into a dinosaur's dance party! ~ Pawan Mishra

If you won't trust yourself, nobody else will. ~ Anamika Mishra

After the oil crisis of 1973, many European countries tightened restrictions on immigrants. By then, millions of Muslims had decided to settle in Europe, preferring the social segregation and racial discrimination they found in the West to political and economic turmoil at home. ~ Pankaj Mishra

And those who were seen smiling without any reason were thought to be insane by those who could not feel the love that existed in the air! ~ Anamika Mishra

Sometimes fate just plays a strange scrabble. ~ Pawan Mishra

Matters of the heart are so incalculable! ~ Pawan Mishra

Where there is change, there is happiness ~ Anamika Mishra

I wonder if they were aware of the power of complimentary alcohol during World War I. ~ Pawan Mishra

On the first floor, the first rule of a rumor was humor. ~ Pawan Mishra