“In the US we’re hearing a lot about the need to protect culture. Well this tonight is culture, it is international culture, it is compassionate culture, it is…
“…after seeing Ma Durga dressed in a million dollar golden sari, housed in Buckingham palace, one might wonder if modern editing of the sacred Devi Mahimya Purana isn’t…
“Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.”– John F. Kennedy SB VEDA Charlottesville and the aftermath…
“Lady Gaga listens to me. Her mantra is only one word — Bikram — because Bikram makes her what she is today.” – Bikram Chowdhury SB Veda Recently, Vanity…
“While traditional advice to Presidents Elect is to be mindful that one has been elected the leader of all of the nation – not just the constituency from…
“The presidential campaign eight years ago is forever wrapped in the soaring and optimistic Obama slogan: “Change we can believe in.” This one’s imagery is the detritus of…
“I don’t want to get all dramatic, like writing saved my life…but writing’s given me a life.” – Paul Beatty in his acceptance speech Displayed with permission from…
“We’re really giving it to Bob Dylan as a great poet – that’s the reason we awarded him the prize. He’s a great poet in the great English…
“Notwithstanding the significant technological challenges to achieve the grand scale of Musk’s plans, the maths of lowering the costs only works if the ships will be reused often…
“I took chase from this cloud of dust and smoke that was following me. Once it caught me it threw me on my hands and knees. Every time…
“Melania Trump’s speech may not have been original but her dress was.” – The New York Times, America’s newspaper of record. S. Atanya SLOW NEWS DAY? NOT…
“Boris negotiated in Europe. I seem to remember last time he did a deal with the Germans, he came back with three nearly new water cannon.” – candidate…
In the Aftermath Brexit – How It Happened, What’s Next “It’s the right of MPs alone to make or break laws, and the peers to block them. So…
“You can have a PhD or you can be a little kid, you could be black or white, brown or Asian … and gun violence has just become…
“what each successive election seems to reinforce is that India’s oldest party is no longer a contender even as the lead opposition player; instead, it will be up…
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