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"It was Brig. Saheb Dad who was President of the East Pakistan Sports Federation during Martial Law period when Kabir of Mohammedan Sporting Club and a Pakistani International football player was placed under suspension for some reason or other. Mohamedan Sporting Club was to play one of its vital League's match and Kabir's services was needed badly. It was Mustafa Bhai who came forward to the rescue of the club. It was learnt on the eve of the match day that Brig Saheb Dad was having his dinner at a friend's i residence. Mustafa Bhai, as a real lover of sports, did not hesitate to go and waited there outside the house for quite a long time till Brig Saheb Dad came out to leave for his residence. Mustafa Bhai approached him with Kabir's mercy petition and requested him to allow Kabir to play on the following day. To be very frank Brig Saheb Dad felt embarrassed seeing a person of such stature waiting for him outside a house at the dark of night and for such a small matter. He immediately assured that the suspension will be lifted. Kabir played on the following day. These may be small matters but they show one's sincere love and feelings towards sports, and sportsmen."

"I have so much affection for Mustafa, Pakistan and Kashmir were always on his lips"

"Art is not a plaything, nor an ornamantal activity but an expression of life—it gives glimpse of life."

"We are on the threshold of an era of science and technology. In our encounter with the new age it is the responsibility of the teachers, standing at the confrontation of past with the present, to help evolve a perspective for the future."

"It was 1950. I was then studying Journalism in London and was attached to the "Daily Telegraph” I was scanning the news of the morning. Suddenly I found the “copy" containing the list of successful candidates who had passed their Bar-at-Law Examination Mustafa’s name was there. I rang him up at his residence and congratulated him on his success At six in the evening Mustafa came to my flat with lots of eatables and to express his gratitude to me for letting him know his results piping-hot from the newspaper office. Such was the man who is no more in the land of the living."

"'In the symphony of life, resilience conducts the melody that transforms challenges into opportunities'"

"'The stars we once gazed upon, now mock me as I weep alone, every wish upon those lights, turns to ashes in these lonely nights'"

"'I have seen with my own eyes, along with my parents, how things flew around our house in Kolkata. Balls of hair appeared in our room out of nowhere. The tables shook violently, and books fell from our bookshelves. My pet dog, Happy, was the one who was most traumatized, because he saw what we couldn’t.'"

"'The mathematical precision in the construction of mantras and shlokas is fascinating. Sanskrit, the language of these texts, is known for its phonetic and structural precision.'"

"'You call witchcraft a lie, yet tremble when shadows dance; you name the occult delusion, yet cannot explain the flame that moves without fire, nor the whisper that answers when no lips move. Deny it if you will—truth does not vanish because fools shut their eyes.'"

"'Call upon Hecate at the crossroads of night, for she is the torch in the abyss, the whisper in the shadow, and the keeper of keys that unbind all doors. Hecate is the flame at every crossroad—she does not choose the path for you, but lights the way so you may walk it with courage, shadow, and sovereignty.'"

"'Alchemy in the occult is not the fabled transmutation of base metals into gold, but the higher art of turning the base fragments of the soul into radiant flame. It is the path where suffering becomes power, ignorance becomes vision, and mortality is sculpted into eternity. The truest philosopher’s stone is the self, refined through fire, shadow, and silence.'"

"'Voodoo, Necromancy, and Witchcraft are not fragments of fear, but the trinity of power — the drum that summons spirits, the voice that awakens the dead, and the flame that bends reality. Together they form a covenant not of darkness, but of truth: that life and death, shadow and light, are threads of the same cloak. To walk this path is not to curse the world, but to master it. Voodoo, Necromancy, and Witchcraft are the pillars of the unseen empire. Voodoo binds us to the spirits of earth and ancestry; Necromancy unveils the wisdom of those who have crossed the veil; Witchcraft ignites the fire that shapes destiny. To walk this triad is to reject fear and embrace power, to see death not as an end but as a door, to see magic not as illusion but as truth. This is the new custom: we do not bow to shadows, we command them. We do not whisper to spirits, we summon them. We do not fear the grave, for the grave itself speaks to us. In our hands lies the covenant of the living and the dead — the eternal balance of flesh, spirit, and will.'"

"'Occult isn't something to be scared of, it is a way of life, live it'"

"'Baphomet is the eternal cipher of the occult — the androgynous flame that unites light with shadow, heaven with abyss, and beast with god. To gaze upon Baphomet is to confront the riddle of existence itself, where purity and corruption, creation and destruction, divinity and damnation are bound in one living paradox. It is not an idol of worship, but a mirror of the hidden truth — that within every seeker lies both angel and demon, both torment and transcendence, and only by embracing the whole may one become complete.'"

""If you give designers and developers better tools, and address what they need to make great products, then you give them the space to be more creative and to spend more time thinking about who they are designing and developing for,” she says.“They can then be focused on the impact and outcome of what they are building.”"

"There are always challenges when one is a member of a minority, and that is doubled when that minority is not the one which has had the institutionalized power for generations"

"“I am a big fan of understanding people and I’d say every step along [my career] has been motivated by understanding more deeply how people act and interact.""

"How do we, once something is launched, how do we evaluate what to improve for whom and how and in what timeframe? So the entire sort of design process from initiation through needs finding to prototyping to product innovation, to implementation potentially at scale, to looking at the product or platform that is established."

"I am happy that all around me there is growing awareness that there are many ways to be effective. Traits typically associated with being socialized as a woman are being recognized as positive now."

"I have faced challenges. I am thankful that in my personal situation I haven’t had too many really challenging issues, but it is always a struggle."

"How do we understand where we’re getting it right and for whom and where we’re not and where we want to invest."

"We see negative results of technology because not enough weight was put on the potential social impacts when evaluating the technology’s potential. A challenge, in the positive sense, is trying to get people to understand that any technology that’s designed and then released is a socially impactful technology, as well as a deep technical achievement."

""I have been called the David Attenborough of technology design.”"

"Well, I think the environment, the milieu within which we do our work as people who care about the human-centered design of technologies, platforms, products and services, long-term value, sustainable engagement, all of the things that we care about, the mil within which we sit and we work is very important."

"So the things I think about are what are the tools that we use both for production of experiences, you know, the building of an app, the building of a service, the service design model, but also the evaluation."

"How do you get the data you need to make a persuasive argument with examples that can actually mean that we have long-term high value, sustainable experiences for people."

"I started working in HCI when I started building “programmable user models”, what we affectionately called “PUM”s."

"One of the cruelest yet most efficient Dewan of Mayurbhanj. Both horror and business is skyrocketing in Mayurbhanj"

"The strength of a lion isn't in its roar, but in the silent determination of its hunt."

"Lacks sympathy for the local populace, enjoys the power given to him by the Maharaja. Being from East Bengal, he filled several appointments with individuals from his region, including appointing his own brother as a Sub-Registrar. This decision marginalized Uriyas and domiciled Bengalis, leading to disappointment and discontent among them. Although Dhar enjoyed the confidence of the Maharaja, the local public opinion was against him."

"Mayurbhanj could not reach the position, where it is now, if Dhar Babu was not the Dewan"

"Dhar is bringing a colony of men from East Bengal to Mayurbhanj and employing them in various state departments"

"Every tick of the clock is a step closer to the grand finale – a cosmic joke where everyone's the victim of time's indifference. What's so precious about something that will betray you in the end?"

"The places where I found true solace are the homes I built—19 Kabir Sarani Road, Dacca, and 19 Kabir Road, Calcutta. Within their walls reside the love and labor I poured into them, the blessings of my forefathers, and the cherished memories of my beloved grandmother Tarini, my grandfather Raja Mukunda Dhar, and my devoted parents, Hara Mohan Dhar and Elokeshi."

"I am to be reborn and watch over my lineage, my family. There is a responsibility to nurture and protect them, my dearest son Dhiru and my cherished grandchildren. The return will happen, just as my grandfather, Raja Mukunda Mohan Dhar, did before."

"To rule is not to be loved, but to be obeyed without question. Fear is a far more reliable currency than affection."

"Adversity is the chisel that shapes the unyielding stone of potential into a masterpiece."

"I don't simply take what I want; I make them beg to give it to me."

"They rail against the darkness and the shadows. However, they fail to grasp a simple truth: it is merely a reflection. A perfectly sharpened mirror held up to the ugliness they refuse to acknowledge within themselves. Every act of depravity, every desperate betrayal, and each whispered compromise are not inventions, but the masterpieces born of flawed desires. The catalyst brings them forth into the light."

"True power lies not in controlling others, but in mastering oneself."

"Today I have more clarity about what I am doing and why I am doing it. That is a big change in me. Today I know where I am going right or wrong. I try and be aware of what I’m doing as a performer. Whenever I get a break, I get into an acting workshop. I have realised that I am a spontaneous actor. I internalise a lot of things when it comes to performance. I feel in control of my performance, to an extent. There is method and spontaneity. Eventually, there is this magic moment between action and cut. Being spontaneous works for me... because I have this rush of emotions in between action and cut. And I cannot do the same shot again. The emotional graph of mine is very spontaneous. It is very alive at that moment."

"Modeling is in my blood. My first love has always been modeling. But I got married to acting."

"I believe there's some strange luck that works in my favour. I have always been in extremely good company."

"Today and Everyday all I Choose to be is..HAPPY!"

"My metabolic rate has been high since birth, so I don't have to diet or go to the gym."

"I’m unafraid of challenges when it comes to experimenting with looks, as I thoroughly enjoy them, and it rather excites me."

"Every woman has the strength to conquer the world, both on screen and at home. Embrace your power and create your path to success. Home is where my heart is. It is essential for me to create a harmonious balance between my career and my duties as a homemaker."

"Nothing, I love to be very happy. I never let my sadness, my tension come into my life. I always think positive, I always live life positive."

"Many people have understood, known... I have said many times in many interviews that I will not do any more films unless I get something extremely attractive, extreme... I get a character that will leave a lasting impression on me, which I will regret for the rest of my life if I don't do... Then I will do it. Otherwise, I won't do the film."