"Better a vote that stinks
than a vote that kills.”
The Years by Annie Ernaux, Nobel
Prize winner, on choosing between
conservative candidate Jacque
Chirac and far right leader Jean-Marie
Le Pen in the French presidential
elections in 2002
"India’s elections are still free,
but they may no longer be
completely fair.”
Mihir Sharma, columnist,
Bloomberg, March 18, 2024
"I gain a lot of strength from the rituals and symbolism of the spring cleaning, the growing of the sprouts, jumping over fires. They give me a sense of grounding,
connecting me to my ancestral
culture and also to the seasons and the elements.”
Yasmin Khan, British cookbook author and broadcaster, whose mother is from Iran, BBC.com......