Gaurav

“Eighteen applications were received for a licence to make small cars; only that of the prime minister’s son was approved, despite his having no past experience in this regard.”
― Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

“the English and the Americans were divided by a common language.”
― Jeffrey Archer, The Sins of the Father

“The history of the twentieth century, he pointed out, is replete with instances of the tragedy that overtakes democracy when a leader who has risen to power on the crest of a popular wave or with the support of a democratic organisation becomes a victim of political narcissism and is egged on by a coterie of unscrupulous sycophants who use corruption and terror to silence opposition and attempt to make public opinion an echo of authority.”
― Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

“Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow