When I looked at people directly, I received smiles. Warm. Direct. Uncomplicated. I did not feel like a target. I felt like a person. Visible, yes. But visibility, I was learning, is not the same as vulnerability.
“No, I need all this electricity, this scientific manure—all of this. I also need the medical science that cures animal diseases. But we need to throw to the winds the notion that animals exist solely for human utility.”
― Orphaned
― Orphaned
“Simplicity Stands as Technology Advances.”
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“You see, reading books is not about finding symbols and themes – it’s about what they can do for your life, what you take from them, what sticks out. You should close it after the last page and feel like you gained something. Something you can use for your own life. Do you understand what I mean?”
― Being Badger: A Coming Of Age Story
― Being Badger: A Coming Of Age Story
“But you’re not a nobody. Life isn’t a book. It often lacks logic or resolution, and it’s quite boring most of the time. We all have our stories, with all the little good and bad decisions.”
― Being Badger: A Coming Of Age Story
― Being Badger: A Coming Of Age Story
“Ironically, this trait of being rigid and not being open to dissenting views is known as being liberal in India.”
― Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha
― Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha
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