Elsa Rajan Pradhananga

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“My hobbies include: editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors, and trying to convince my shadow that I’m someone worth following.”
― Rudy Francisco, Helium

“India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.”
― Shashi Tharoor