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Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People QUOTES

Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People QUOTES

1 " The rich did not care who ruled, as long as they were allowed to be rich. The poor could not afford to care and nobody asked their opinion in any case. Only the middle class mattered and any half-witted ruler knows how to pamper them. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

2 " Most humble men are either hypocrites or have much to be humble about. Success breeds pride and vanity. And pride is the only reward of success. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

3 " Some of the drops of water fell onto my skin and by impulse was to smell the water. It stank. My neighbour whispered in my ear, “It’s cow’s urine and gobar. They use it for purification.” We, the untouchables, were purified with bullshit. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

4 " I had lived as Ravana and I would die as Ravana. I did not intend to become Rama, the perfect man and God. There was no dearth of gods in my country. It only lacked men. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

5 " a life without ambition was a life worth living. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

6 " Intelligence is just a tool to serve our emotions and I want to live as God intended man to live. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

7 " Anger is the lowest emotion. It clouds the intellect and can make you do foolish things. You become blind to reason and react only with your body, without thinking. This leads to failure in every sphere. Uproot this evil from your system. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

8 " Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these emotions. They are not base emotions at all but a reflection of our thoughts, a reaction to our perspective on things we see, hear and do. Equanimity is not only desirable in a warrior, but a must. Without it, you are as good as dead in the battlefield. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

9 " I am no atheist. I strongly believe in God and am always willing to pray for my material and spiritual progress. But for me, God is a very personal thing and prayer needs to be spoken silently in my heart. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

10 " Fear is not an emotion, it is a disease. It spreads from the leader to his followers and vice–versa. Nothing has killed more men in war than fear. What should a warrior fear? Death? But death is what everyone achieves ultimately. Is it wounds that you fear? What is more important? A pint of your blood or the nectar of victory? Think. Thinking will clear such doubts. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

11 " A defeated race often uses its cultural supremacy to cover the shame of defeat. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

12 " Our dharma was based on simple things: a man should be true to his word; he should speak from his heart and shouldn’t do anything he considered wrong. One should not cheat even if one was sure to fail. One should honour women and not insult anyone. If there was injustice, we had to fight it at all costs. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

13 " worldly-wise people have said so, to get along in the world you had to be practical and satisfied with what your measly life offers. But I was a dreamer. And I did not want to just get along in this world. I wanted to own it. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

14 " I wanted to start again. I wanted to make the same mistakes, love the
same people, fight the same enemies, befriend the same friends, marry the
same wives and sire the same sons. I wanted to live the same life again.
13I didn’t want the seat Rama has reserved for me in his heaven. I only
wanted my beautiful earth.
I knew such things were not going to happen. I was sixty, not sixteen. If I
lived, I would be a one-eyed, dirty, old beggar in some wayside temple,
with stinking, tattered clothes. A long way from what I once was. I wanted
to die now. I wanted this to end. I wanted to go away. Let the burning cities
take care of themselves. Let the Asuras fight their own wars and be
damned along with the Devas. I only wanted to return to my childhood
and start over again, every single damn thing, again and again and again… "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

15 " Love makes you weak. Love has unseen bondages that take you into the abyss of failure at that crucial moment when victory and failure get balanced. Beware of love. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

16 " Success breeds pride and vanity. And pride is the only reward of success. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

17 " was shocked to learn that many common Asuras had also begun to believe in Rama’s divinity. Making your wife suffer exile in the forest, killing a friendly king through deceit, sending terrorist to cities and annihilating innocent men, women and children…were these the marks of divinity? "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

18 " I believe there is a world out there to conquer. A better world awaiting us. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

19 " Every death is a temporary pause in the symphony called life. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People

20 " It is always when everything appears dream-like and life seems to possess a never-ending charm, that foolish thoughts and dangerous aspirations take birth in the minds of humans. "

― Anand Neelakantan , Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People