QUOTA of QUOTES
“I like to learn. And you only learn by listening.”—Nihar Malaviya, CEO of Penguin Random House, the largest book publisher in the U.S. (The New York Times)
“What we are witnessing now is a steady stacking of institutions with individuals who lack suitable professional qualifications but share ideological preferences of the ruling party.”—Sumit Ganguly, professor of political science at Indiana University, on a campaign to silence dissenting voices at Jawaharlal Nehru University and other institutions in India. (The New York Times)
“How will writing happen if there are too many sounds? Internal isolation magnetizes words. They start coming easy. The mind willingly travels lands far and wide and looks for stories.”—Perumal Murugan, awardwinning Tamil author, on the importance of being alone when writing. (IANS)
“It is our hope and intent that this film will encourage other survivors to seek justice, and that men stand with us in our fight for gender equal i ty.”—Indo- Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja, whose Oscar-nominated documentary To Kill a Tiger tells the story of an Indian farmer who demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, a survivor of sexual assault.
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Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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