The only sense marriage makes is to share property, your children inherit the name and all that... it is all legal reasons to get married and no reason for love.
I was an Indian with zero sense of caste till I was 20. That's an unusual privilege but it came out of the fact that I was a middle-class Bengali.
We will remember UPA 2, if at all, it seems, as that period when things went mysteriously wrong - for the bribe-taking, buck-passing, foot-dragging, and general sense of paralysis.
My sense of my own superiority over many of my classmates would have been much more muted if I knew that they had seen me failing miserably at woodwork or cross-stitch.
Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner.
Having a daughter has reawakened my sense of feminism. I want to protect her.
The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.
I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
