The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.
KIRAN DESAI The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.
KIRAN DESAI I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.
KIRAN DESAI But so fluid a thing was love.It wasn't firm,he was learning, it wasn't a scripture;it was a wobblin...
KIRAN DESAI If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of Indi...
KIRAN DESAI A man wasn't equal to an animal, not one particle of him. Human life was stinking corrupt, and meanw...
KIRAN DESAI When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, "My father died, my father died." M...
KIRAN DESAI Sadness was so claustrophobic.
KIRAN DESAI The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.
KIRAN DESAI Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely res...
KIRAN DESAI The judge got down on his knees, and he prayed to God, he, Jemubhai Popatlal the agnostic, who had m...
KIRAN DESAI The cow was not an Indian cow; therefore it was not holy?
KIRAN DESAI That very afternoon the police arrived at Cho Oyu in a line of toad-colored jeeps that appeared thro...
KIRAN DESAI All of the third-world flights docked here, families waiting days for their connections, squatting o...
KIRAN DESAI Year by year, his life wasn't amounting to anything at all...And yet, another part of him had expand...
KIRAN DESAI His lines had been honed over centuries, passed down through generations, for poor people needed cer...
KIRAN DESAI All day, the colours had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flan...
KIRAN DESAI Biju stepped out of the airport into the Calcutta night, warm, mammalian. His feet sank into dust wi...
KIRAN DESAI Don't be scared, puppy dog, little frog, little duck, duckie dog. It's just rain.
KIRAN DESAI This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their h...
KIRAN DESAI He knew what his father thought: that immigration, so often presented as a heroic act, could just as...
KIRAN DESAI He wasn't a bad person. He didn't want to fight. The trouble was that he'd tried to be part of the l...
KIRAN DESAI What is this all about,' asked Sai, but her mouth couldn't address her ear in the tumult; her mind c...
KIRAN DESAI He tried to keep on the right side of power, tried to be loyal to so many things that he himself cou...
KIRAN DESAI But the child shouldn't be blamed for the father's crime, she tried to reason with herself, then. Bu...
KIRAN DESAI You lived intensely with others, only to have them disappear overnight, since the shadow class was c...
KIRAN DESAI Jemu watched his father disappear. He didn't throw the coconut and he didn't cry. Never again would ...
KIRAN DESAI Looking a dead insect in the sack of basmati that had come all the way from Dehra Dun, he almost wep...
KIRAN DESAI But then, how could you have any self-respect knowing that you didn't believe in anything exactly? H...
KIRAN DESAI The fact was that one was left empty-handed. There was no system to soothe the unfairness of things;...
KIRAN DESAI Never again would he know love for a human being that wasn't adulterated by another, contradictory e...
KIRAN DESAI A journey once begun, has no end
KIRAN DESAI All day, the colors had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flank...
KIRAN DESAI Why couldn't she be part of that family? rent a room in someone else's life.
KIRAN DESAI Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss?
KIRAN DESAI I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere.
KIRAN DESAI Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one...
MORARJI DESAI Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.
ANITA DESAI Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by l...
ANITA DESAI It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All g...
MORARJI DESAI Therefore, vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of com-passion, which distinguishes man from ...
MORARJI DESAI Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I ac...
ANITA DESAI The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and...
ANITA DESAI Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in t...
ANITA DESAI People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
ANITA DESAI My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too r...
ANITA DESAI India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how mo...
ANITA DESAI I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.
ANITA DESAI I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.
ANITA DESAI Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at scho...
ANITA DESAI Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the cast...
ANITA DESAI Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to h...
MORARJI DESAI Do everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way.
YOGI DESAI 90% of the magic props are of no use...... and you can't do magic with just 10% of props!!
MANGESH DESAI Assumption from Perception creates Deception
MANGESH DESAI A Lover is a focused pervert.
MANGESH DESAI I was trying to be magician and ended up......... well, trying to be a magician
MANGESH DESAI I am sad that once I wasn't alive, I am happy that one day ill die.... If you think that should make...
MANGESH DESAI How do i do this trick? Well even if I knew i wouldn't tell you.
MANGESH DESAI Do everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way.
YOGI DESAI The bougainvillea hung about it, purple and magenta, in livid balloons.
ANITA DESAI When I was born, the doctor was looking for me.
MANGESH DESAI Avian influenza vaccine will be a big source for the disease to spread in India. When the best possi...
ANURADHA DESAI It is not bird flu. We have the best labs. Not one case of bird flu has been detected.
ANURADHA DESAI The government is basically telling us not to make much noise about the issue.
ANURADHA DESAI It is some mistake. I am surprised and shocked at how the government has declared that it is bird fl...
ANURADHA DESAI He was part of such a close-knit community. Hundreds of drivers had visited his home.
BHAIRAVI DESAI There need to be other solutions from the Taxi and Limousine Commission. They do not need to gut the...
BHAIRAVI DESAI Racism, sexism, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, unemployment — homelessness encompasses pr...
JENA DESAI An expert gives an objective view. He gives his own view.
MORARJI DESAI I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form.
MORARJI DESAI Oh, my God! It's like a travesty of justice. He is basically profiting off the misery of working peo...
BHAIRAVI DESAI We are all slaves of our comfort zones.
MANGESH DESAI Always remember that there will be a source of light at the end of every dark tunnel. You just need ...
MEHUL DESAI There is no such thing as “Bad Luck”; it’s just a ghost in your mind.
MEHUL DESAI Winner never quits & quitter never wins. Not applicable to smokers and dopers
MEHUL DESAI The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone. Applicable to those, who are ready to learn at an...
MEHUL DESAI Its your life. Love it & Live it.
MEHUL DESAI Everyone is loony in some or other way. Rest who are not; belong to mental asylum.
MEHUL DESAI We should propagate the values of vegetarianism.
MORARJI DESAI If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself...
MORARJI DESAI The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one.
MORARJI DESAI One has got to choose between the two evils, also between the lesser of the two evils in the matter ...
MORARJI DESAI In the early ages, I believe not much thought was given to what man is and what his real functions s...
MORARJI DESAI I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of k...
MORARJI DESAI For those who believe in God the matter is simpler still and clearly than anything else: because tho...
MORARJI DESAI As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed.
MORARJI DESAI One can't be kind to one person and cruel to another.
MORARJI DESAI I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We s...
MORARJI DESAI It is, therefore, a fact that anybody who wants to realise Truth or who wants to be humane, must fol...
MORARJI DESAI I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from ...
MORARJI DESAI From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital ...
MORARJI DESAI When times are busy, fees tend to trend up in Asia.
KALPANA DESAI You see hedge funds more willing to do private equity-type deals. You've suddenly got a whole new po...
KALPANA DESAI I would expect (activity) to be significantly higher than last year, both in terms of volume and rev...
KALPANA DESAI Further not getting threshold revenue (Cost of servicing + margins) from their home subscribers may ...
KOBITA DESAI Normally when such (foreign investment) agreements are spelt out, there are some fundamental control...
KOBITA DESAI The mobile phone market will see a growth of over 50 percent year-on-year in the next two years. The...
KOBITA DESAI The increase in service tax means you pay more now. It adds up to a lot for entry-level users. Any e...
KOBITA DESAI There will be an influx of funds as global investment communities and carriers look toward increasin...
KOBITA DESAI Affordable services, increased penetration, and a willing Indian government would ensure and drive t...
KOBITA DESAI Having these two companies on your board has benefits but it is a challenge to work with multiple pa...
KOBITA DESAI Suitcase is about serving our clientele in a nonjudgmental way. We're not trying to change people's ...
JENA DESAI Racism, sexism, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, unemployment — homelessness encompasses pre...
JENA DESAI We run the show. People are amazed that we can do it all.
JENA DESAI A vehicle can be used for 10 years, but technology changes every two years or less.
RAJ DESAI If people liked seeing me in loverboy roles, I don't intend to break that.
UDAY KIRAN We all have ups and downs in our career, and as an actor going through a rough patch, all I can do i...
UDAY KIRAN I am proud to say that I was launched in Tamil through 'Poi' by Balachander sir, who was the...
UDAY KIRAN People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period...
UDAY KIRAN Rumours are a part and parcel of being an actor, and I am okay with that.
UDAY KIRAN I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
UDAY KIRAN I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.
UDAY KIRAN I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film...
UDAY KIRAN I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this ac...
UDAY KIRAN I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
UDAY KIRAN I did my first film when I was in the final year of my graduation. At that time, I was still a kid, ...
UDAY KIRAN I don't let anything kill my spirit.
UDAY KIRAN I want a car that will last 10 years or longer because I totally hate the process of researching, sh...
KIRAN AHLUWALIA I am not a fitness freak, but I do my regular exercises.
UDAY KIRAN I had a clear vision: if I take up an assignment, I'll do full justice to it; otherwise I'll...
KIRAN BEDI Life is nothing but an empty book, where a new chapter is written every moment, some chapters are fu...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN Social networking profiles are pedagogue of economics for most of them portray the perfect example o...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN In Pakistan, it was a stop-gap arrangement. Here we would definitely go with a specialist opener.
KIRAN MORE The biggest curse in life is not loosing your love, but not being loved by someone you love.
KIRAN JOSHI In my heart lives a promise to rise to find the brightest star when darkness falls
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN I realized during some of the darkest moments of my life, that the most beautiful and precious happi...
KIRAN SHAIKH Aaj Humne Yaadon ke sunehray rethon ka ek sauda kiya. Gairon ko apne gham ke daastaan sunakar, jeene...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN "World is nothing but a weird cluster of sperms in an permanent state of suspended animation filled ...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN Failure on merits is more virtuous than a victory through deceit and fraud.
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN In life we all are and have to be fighters, whether to be a street fighter or a prized fighter is pu...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN Humans are Social Animals , Social by Need and Animals By Instinct.
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN I don't think there is going to be any significant outcome from a big summit as WSIS. But I really h...
KIRAN KARNIK I don't think there is going to be any significant outcome from a big summit as WSIS. But I really h...
KIRAN KARNIK We are not against safeguards for L1 visas, but new restrictions should not be adverse. We agree L1 ...
KIRAN KARNIK Man ought to fear the darkness, not that surrounds him, but that which breeds within his heart
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN “Never would have silence been so well comprehended if language was to give credence to understand...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN No work is too big or too small, if you pay the right price
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN Empty brains can be depository of knowledge or can be reserved for asininity,choice is purely person...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN Inspiration to me are those who could take me beyond the dogma of mortal existence and precept me to...
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN Mark of free virtual world is its free and downloadable, porn, knowledge and software.
KIRAN RADHAKRISHNAN This trend is particularly heartening as benefits of co-producing are immense.
KIRAN KARNIK Forget about the money for a moment. Lose yourself in the wilderness, listen to the music of the sof...
KIRAN BISHT NASSCOM and the IT industry will work, in collaboration with the Police and government, towards tigh...
KIRAN KARNIK It is great raw material, but only 30 percent of this pool is ready to plunge straight in and delive...
KIRAN KARNIK My CD collection has a lot of world music - lots of Indian, African, Portuguese, Greek, Italian musi...
KIRAN AHLUWALIA The most difficult thing to do after a life well lived is to sit down and type it all out. To start ...
KIRAN MANRAL Holding hands in love is underrated, while sex is overrated. Don't you think so?
KIRAN JOSHI Gurus Enable you to see new things. The trouble with Gurus is that you can rarely see beyond them.
KIRAN NAGARKAR My passion is philanthropy. His passion may be politics.
KIRAN PATEL Any attraction that could bring people here would be a positive thing.
KIRAN PATEL There was a long discussion on middle order batting and we thought that this is the best team we can...
KIRAN MORE He has done well in domestic cricket and has experience as well.
KIRAN MORE He has done very well in domestic cricket and his experience will be crucial in Pakistan.
KIRAN MORE He was always in the scheme of things and we had only been trying others against Sri Lanka, which is...
KIRAN MORE He has gone to Australia for treatment.
KIRAN MORE Patel has been keeping well and also chipping in with the bat in recent domestic matches so we decid...
KIRAN MORE He is playing. He has been cleared by his doctor.
KIRAN MORE Our middle-order is very strong. We have some concerns only with the opening slot.
KIRAN MORE We have some plans for the team, you don't need to know everything about it.
KIRAN MORE Just making regulations for IPR is not enough. Its enforcement and conviction are also important to ...
KIRAN KARNIK The developed economies are going to face acute shortages of working-age people. They will have to e...
KIRAN KARNIK The developed economies are going to face acute shortages of working-age people - they will have eit...
KIRAN KARNIK I expect a bigger horde of students to arrive next year because the ones here said they had a great ...
KIRAN KARNIK India has very good teachers, especially in math and science. Also, these subjects are culture-free ...
KIRAN KARNIK The intent is there, but implementation is lacking,
KIRAN KARNIK There is a charm to letters and cards that emails and smses can’t ever replicate, you cannot inhal...
KIRAN MANRAL I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people.
KIRAN BEDI Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one...
MORAJI R. DESAI It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All go...
MORAJI R. DESAI Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to hel...
MORAJI R. DESAI Then, as you get to more advanced stages, you often can't even have a conversation with the patient....
DR. ABHILASH DESAI With a cancer patient, the person knows and is aware of a lot of the things going on. But in dementi...
DR. ABHILASH DESAI My father was a brew master. He was the one who I was very close to, he influenced me in many many w...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW I do serve on various boards and I'm very honest and frank, obviously. I am a very forthright pe...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW My legacy is going to be in affordable health care. I am willing to invest in developing that model ...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW If you think about brewing, it is biotechnology. And I would say that I was a technologist at heart....
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepr...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have du...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW Unfortunately, our stock is somehow not well understood by the markets. The market compares us with ...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and ca...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW Indian business women like Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shikha Sharma, Swati Piram...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW friends are like food, many types but only few we like and a whole lot more to explore
KIRAN KUMAR. R I think, in terms of corporate philosophy, I've always believed that you've got to treat peo...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW Inside feelings are not get succeeded,until when it is exploded...
KIRAN KUMAR A As a traditionally risk-averse nation, India has rarely been at the forefront of innovation. Indian ...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW Lies can be created and destroyed however truth can only be transformed from one form to the other w...
KIRAN KUMAR A When I started Biocon in 1978, the obstacles I needed to navigate were manifold - ranging from infra...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW I want to be remembered as someone who put India on the scientific map of the world in terms of larg...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW Blossoming flowers are your smiles they are with me though i'm away from you miles
SHASHI KIRAN JILLEPALLY A guy with no goal in teenage is like a boat with no compass in the mid ocean
SHASHI KIRAN JILLEPALLY Love made me a poet, detachment made me a writer
NIHAL KIRAN DALWAI Talent, facebook and twitter can take you anywhere.
NIHAL KIRAN DALWAI “Three things tell about a girl: her eyes, her friends and her favorite quotes.”
NIHAL KIRAN DALWAI Always judge someone by their heart and emotions, not by the words they say.
NIHAL KIRAN DALWAI There is nothing like we will loose today because we lost yesterday and don't loose today to win tom...
SHASHI KIRAN JILLEPALLY What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and e...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW I faced a number of challenges whilst I built Biocon. Initially, I had credibility challenges where ...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW I am very concerned about the fact that India as a country does not have a national health system, a...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW One of my objectives when I started Biocon was to make sure that I create a company for women scient...
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW