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“Dying is not a solution.. I want to live with You..!”

Love Fiction India Islam True Love Cinema Muslim Bollywood Delhi Urban Fiction Madras K Hari Kumar Chennai Brahmin Pathan When Strangers Meet Iyer Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya

Book:When Strangers meet..

Source: When Strangers meet..

“I can very well understand your frustration, but you must stick to your dreams. Try Harder!”

Motivation Islam Delhi Madras Ispirational Chennai Brahmin When Strangers Meet Iyer Gurgaon Ispirational Life True Hari Kumar

Book:When Strangers meet..

Source: When Strangers meet..

“I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness America your stupidity. I could almost love you again.”

America Joy Love You Woods Stupidity Bars You Again Oregon Roughness Your Stupid Madras Almost Love

Book:No nature: new and selected poems

Source: No nature: new and selected poems

“I grew up as a dancer. I did tap, classical ballet, all of that. I did Indian dancing, or Bharata Natyam, classic temple dancing from Madras, originally. My mother always had the great idea that I should learn it.”

Should Ideas Mother Grew Grew Up Dancing Indian Classic Dancer Temples Ballet Great Idea Madras

Author:Roselee Goldberg

“While painting I noticed a piece of madras cloth on the floor. As usual, my mind started working overtime and a pair of scissors and a small amount of glue later...I created THE COMEDIAN. Everybody loved the uniqueness of the painting. It was indeed a hit.”

Mind Pieces Painting Amount Comedian Pairs Usual Uniqueness Glue Small Amounts Scissors Madras

Author:St. Lucia

“My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.”

Play Film Cities Class Audience Middle Towns Population Educated Middle Class Small Town Bengali Delhi Bombay Madras

Book:Satyajit Ray: Interviews

Source: Satyajit Ray: Interviews

“Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule.”

Sometimes Done Film Three Directors Shooting Schedules Telephones Bombay Madras

Book:Satyajit Ray: Interviews

Source: Satyajit Ray: Interviews

“The Maharishi had invited us all to go to India to his ashram in the Indian Himalaya. We were there studying meditation for two and a half months. While the other three Beatles went back to London to start the beginning of their Apple empire, George and I went to Madras for a week’s relaxation. I took this photograph of George one morning, as I thought the light on his face was lovely. I think this was the last time that I saw him looking so calm.”

Thinking Two Light Lasts Faces Three Half Morning Study Saws Meditation Week Months India Photograph Calm London Lovely Indian Apples Empires Last Time Invited Relaxation Himalayas Madras

Author:Pattie Boyd

“Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.”

Giving May Two Happens Film Actors Hours Morning Directors Ten Actresses Evening Twelve Bombay Actors And Actresses Madras

Book:Satyajit Ray: Interviews

Source: Satyajit Ray: Interviews

“I want to start two institutions, one in Madras and one in Calcutta, to carry out my plan; and that plan briefly is to bring the Vedantic ideals into the everyday practical life of the saint or the sinner, of the sage or the ignoramus, of the Brahmin or the Pariah.”

Want Two Plans Ideals Institutions Everyday Saint Practicals Sinner Sage Calcutta Pariahs Practical Life Brahmins Madras

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.'”

People Whole Bigs America Born Community Interesting Dad My Dad Indian Whole Family Madras

Author:Mindy Kaling

“I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.”

Used Language Cities Four Grew Grew Up Tongue Grandfather Surgeons Fluent Madras

Author:Aravind Adiga

“When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.”

Two Running Political Party Cities Growing Up Growing South Former Indian Idols Political Parties Screenwriters Madras

Author:Aravind Adiga