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“They were brought up that way by their parents. When they came to England, they were further mesmerised. They were impressed by English language, literature and English way of life. They considered the English as divine. Let us consider a specific case. The person is not a modern Hindu but a Muslim. His name is Sayyad Ahmad. He founded the Aligad Movement and asked Muslims to be slaves of the English forever. When he lived in England in late nineteenth century he wrote a letter to his friends describing life in England at that time. In a letter of 1869 he wrote �� “The English have reasons to believe that we in India are imbecile brutes. What I have seen and daily seeing is utterly beyond imagination of a native in India. All good things, spiritual and worldly which should be found in man have been bestowed by the Almighty on Europe and especially on the English.�� (Ref -Nehru’s Autobiography page 461). Above letter of Sayyad Ahmad would suffice to show how mentally degenerated and devoid of any self-respect, Indians had become. I have already illustrated this point by quoting experiences of Indians from the early days of Dadabhai Naoroji till I reached London in 1906. Gandhi came to London to study Law in 1888. His behaviour was no different to that described above. He too tried to use Top Hat, Tail Coat and expensive ties. Many other Indians have described their experiences in a similar manner. Motilal Nehru, like father of Arvind Ghosh too, was impressed by the British Raj. He sent his son Jawaharlal to England in his young age, who stayed in English hostels and so anglicised he had become that after studying in Cambridge University and becoming a Barrister in 1912 he paid no attention to Indian Politics which was taking shape in Europe. Anyone can verify my statements by referring to autobiographies of Gandhi, Nehru, Charudatta, and others. When the British called Indians as Brutes, instead of becoming furious, Indians would react �� “Oh yes sir. We are indeed so and that is why, by divine dispensation, the British Raj has been established over us.�� I was trying to sow seeds of armed revolution to overthrow the British rule in India. The readers can imagine how difficult, well nigh impossible was my task. I was determined .”
― Anonymous

“Something Vimes had learned as a young guard drifted up from memory. If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat.

They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar.

So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

“आयुष्यात मल�� भावलेल�� एक गु�� सांगतो. उपजिविकेसाठीआवश्यक असणाऱ्या विषयाच�� शिक्षण जरुर घ्या. पोटापाण्याचा उद्योग जिद्दीनं कर��, पण एवढ्यावर�� थांब�� नक��. साहित्��, चित्��, संगी��, नाट्��, शिल्��, खे�� ह्यांतल्या एखाद्य�� तरी कलेशी मैत्री जमवा. पोटापाण्याचा उद्योग तुम्हाला जगवी��, पण कलेशी जमलेली मैत्री तुम्ही का जगायचं हे सांगून जाईल.
- पु. ��.”
― Purushottam Laxman Deshpande

“शेवटी संस्कृती म्हणजे बाजरीची भाकरी... वांग्याच�� भरी��...गणपतीबाप्पा मोरय�� ची मुक्�� आरोळी. केळीच्या पानातली भाताची मू�� आण�� त्यावरचे वर��. उघड्या पायांनी तुडवलेला पंचगंगेच�� का��...मारूतीच्या देवळात एक�� दमात फोडलेल्य�� नारळातले उडालेल�� पाणी...दु��-याचा पा�� चूकु�� लागल्याव�� देखी�� आप�� प्रथ�� केलेला नमस्का��...दिव्या दिव्यादिपत्कार...आजीने सांगितलेल्या भुतांच्य�� गोष्टी... मारुतीची �� जळणारी आण�� वाटे�� तेव्हा लहानमोठी होणारी शेपटी...दस-याला वाटायची आपट्याची पाने...पंढरपुरच�� धु�� आण�� अबिर यांच्य�� समप्रमाणात मिसळून खाल्लेले डाळे आण�� साखरफुटाणे...सिंहगडाव�� भरुन आलेली छाती आण�� दिवंगत आप्त्यांच्या मुठभ�� अस्थींच�� गंगार्पणाच्य�� वेळी झालेला स्पर्श...कुंभाराच्य�� चाकावर फिरण��-या गोळ्याला त्याचे पाण्याने भिजलेल�� नाजु�� हा�� लागू�� घाटादा�� मडके घडाव�� तस�� ह्या अद्रूश्य पण भावनेन�� भिजलेल्य�� हांतानी हा पिंड घड�� असतो.कुणाला देशी मडक्याचा आकार येतो.कुणाला विदेशी कपबशीचा...”
― P.L. Deshpande