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"For me it would be the first one. The final question asked was who was the influential person, it’s more personal. It’s easier to answer something that’s personal and nothing scripted and about the war and something heavy. So for me, if you answer something that comes from your heart, it’s easy, the flow is very easy. You know like your values, go back to your personal life, your core values, it's easy to answer that."

"'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'"

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

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

"'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.'"

"'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.'"

"'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.'"

"'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.'"

"'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.'"

"'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.'"

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

"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?"

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"Anti-national elements... have been trying to disturb peace and create panic among the people in various parts of the country... I am confident that security agencies will soon be able to get to the bottom of these incidents and the culprits will be brought to book."

"India's Home Minister Shri Shivraj Patil blamed the attack on "anti-national elements" who he said "have been trying to disturb peace and create panic among the people in various parts of the country." "The government will continue to deal firmly with such elements," Patel said in a written statement. "I am confident that security agencies will soon be able to get to the bottom of these incidents and the culprits will be brought to book.""

"The toll is likely to go up and we are just keeping our fingers crossed that everything remains calm."

"Hindus have a greater respect for the spoken word than do people in the West. Not only every word in a mantra, but practically every sound and every word in the language is called akshara in Sanskrit, which means "the indestructible." Akshara is also a name for God. A true mantra should be sung not spoken. Indian scriptures call Brahma the Creator "the first singer." Our world is said to have sprung from the mantra he sang. In the West, these ideas are probably utterly foreIgn, and yet there are traces of similar teachings.""

"It happens one day that the queen, normally secluded in the private apartments of the palace, sees the handsome Brahmin prime minister. She falls in love with him and makes a declaration to him. He is nervous. He tells the queen that there are four things men should never trust or take for granted—a king, fire, wind, and water. But the queen pleads; she asks only to be allowed to look at Chach once a day. And in the end she has her way. Chach, the Brahmin ascetic, becomes the queen’s lover, and his power in the kingdom of Sind is second only to that of the king."

"The Dalai Lama was little known, because he had never traveled abroad and was not yet a Nobel Prize winner, but he opened all the doors for me and I was able to film all the greats Tibetan masters, rinpothes and toulkus who had fled with him."

"At that time, the Dalai Lama was much more accessible, I had breakfast with him and spend long moments alone with him."

"This is why we should develop a new norm in international relations: leaders of major countries should automatically and unhesitatingly meet each other face-to-face when they are in the same city. Such face-to-face meetings are not that critical when relations are good. But they are critical, if not essential, when relations are bad."

"Yes, geopolitics is a cruel business. It has been cruel for over 2,000 years. The African states know well—as do other developing countries—that as the US-China geopolitical contest gains momentum in the coming de- cade, they will have to make painful choices. Since they don’t want to take sides and be forced to give up some options, they will be looking for an independent pole to light a third way for them. It will be much easier for them to resist pressure from the US and China and take the middle road if a credible independent pole has set a precedent that they can point to."

"In short, the three chair countries, India, Indonesia and the US, face very different challenges in 2023. But if they all succeed, the world will be a far better place next year. Let’s hope that they all succeed in scoring some goals. The World Cup of diplomacy at the end will leave little doubt that it was far more significant than the World Cup of soccer."

"Yet, in geopolitics we must always do two things simultaneously. We must moralise. And we must analyse. Since geopolitics is a cruel game and follows the cold and ruthless logic of power, we must be cold, dispassionate and hard-headed in our analysis. The only iron law of geopolitics is that it punishes those who are naive and ignore its cold logic."

"As you know, the 18th and 19th century competition between the great powers was always seen as a zero sum game — either you are number one, or I’m number one. We should be beyond that. We now live in a small, interdependent world where, apar from taking care of our own people, our number one priority should be protecting our planet, which is in peril."

"I consider myself a friend of America and a friend of China. And I see these two countries rushing towards a complete head-on collision from which both will suffer. I believe that if the United States could put the well-being of 330 million people in America as the number one priority; and if China puts the well-being of 1.4 billion people in China as the number one priority; then both America and China can achieve the goal of improving the well-being of their people by working together, rather than working against each other."

"I don’t want the West to fail, I want it to succeed. A weak and divided West is bad for the world. I am not anti-Western or anti-American. I just find that there are better ways to deal with Asia and China. The West has to realize that if history makes a turn, you cannot continue to go straight."

"This temptation to be a free rider on American geopolitical pressure on China is understandable. It looks like an easy option, with no visible costs. However, any objective audit of the pros and cons of becoming an ally, implicitly or explicitly, of the US will show that in doing so, India would have forsaken an even bigger geopolitical opportunity to become a truly independent third pole in the global order. And the world is crying out for an independent third pole to turn to."

"I think when future historians look back, they’ll be puzzled by the Western expectation that a country like China, with 4,000 years of political history, could be changed by a country like the US, with a history of fewer than 250 years. The assumption that the rest of the world will, over time, become just like the West is arrogant."

"Submarines are stealthy, but trade is stealthier. Both generate security—the former by deterrence, the latter by interdependence. But the kind of security created by trade lasts longer."

"Over time, China’s emergence as the world’s leading economy and power will become an undeniable reality. The big question is whether the rest of the world will prove as pragmatic as China. Most of China’s neighbors have already adapted to its pragmatism. As a result, East Asia is likely to remain calm, even as several bilateral issues and tensions simmer away under the surface."

"What is truly shocking is the lack of historical knowledge of many major American strategic thinkers. They don’t seem to understand that the unipolar moment the US enjoyed for the last 30 years was an aberration. We are now returning to a multipolar world, which will be a much richer world. However, it does mean that the United States will have to learn to play a much more intelligent game globally."

"One cardinal mistake no small state should make is to put all its eggs into one basket, even a basket as strong as the US. Despite its huge influence, Israel cannot change the shifting geopolitical tides. America’s power has peaked: its economy will not shrink in absolute terms but it will shrink irresistibly in relative terms. This would have happened naturally but gradually. But the continuing economic crises in the US will hasten the decline in America’s influence. Shrinking budgets will cut defence and aid expenditures. A crippled economic giant with no rockets to launch its astronauts into outer space will lose its “mystique”. Countries will no longer hesitate to vote against American preferences."

"Imposing sanctions may feel good. But if they are actually to do good, we must refine how they are used."

"I think that it is good for the world that China is being more of a Wolf Warrior. There is a greater danger of China remaining quiet, which would lead to its people and its leaders becoming angrier and angrier. My big message for the West is that when China emerges as the number one economy, we want to avoid it becoming an angry dragon. On the other hand, the West is shooting itself in the foot by insulting China, for example when Trump and Pompeo lectured them and launched sanctions. Beijing doesn’t believe that the West is doing all this grandstanding about China from a moral position. Instead, what they think is that when China was weak it was kicked around by the West, but now the country is strong the Western governments have decided to care about human rights there. Thus, many in China think it is a cynical ploy by the West. We must get used to the fact that China is different now, and is actually bigger than the US in terms of its GDP PPP [purchasing power parity]. As such, China cannot be expected to behave as it did in the past."

"Threats are evolving quickly, from hypersonics to cyber attacks to the re-emergence of great power competition. In other words, the world we live in today differs from the threat assessments that underpinned Strong, Secure, Engaged in 2017"

"I definitely take note of that changing global strategic environment where we have aggressors trying to make their mark against the allied nations, and what we need to continue to do, and will continue to do, is to be unified"

"I've continually said that my top priority is to make sure that all members of our armed forces are protected and respected when they put on a uniform in service of this country"

"There is a common thread to many of the heart-wrenching stories the Advisory Panel heard. At their core are the lost – but potentially powerful – contributions of the defense team who leave the organization because the price they would have to pay to persevere in the organization would be unbearable"