Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Beautiful quote I came across !

I happened to come across these words of Tipu Sultan - wow

Hasadbhih kriyate karma ruladbhir-anubhuyate" (People do [evil] deeds smilingly but suffer the consequences crying)

It is far better to live like a lion for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years


I have always admired him right from The sword of Tipu sultan in DD days ... my admiration only grew when I came across a para in Abdul Kalam's WIngs of Fire - about how he happened to see ,in NASA - a painting of Tipu sultan fighting the British with rockets..... This man had a vision which many other kings lacked - be it technical empowerment , be it secularity or be it communal harmony.

3 comments:

Agnel said...
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Agnel said...

after a long hiatus ths fellow posts again. it doesn' deter me from visiting for updates :P. RSS is there, do not fear :P

seri, i don't get the idea behind the post. enna solra?

Shyam said...

i just liked the words ... sanskrit verses from a muslim king ! and beautiful ones too ..... there is no other big idea behind the post !