"Language is our identity, and literature is the expression of our collective consciousness. We should never think of ourselves as a small or weak people. We, the Adivasis, are the original inhabitants of this country. It is from us that the world has learnt everything. Our language, culture, and civilization are the oldest on this earth."

"Original quote was translated from Hindi language: "भाषा हमारी पहचान है और साहित्य हमारी सामुदायिक चेतना की अभिव्यक्ति है। हमें कभी भी नहीं सोचना चाहिए कि हम छोटे या कमजोर लोग हैं। हम आदिवासी ही देश के मूल निवासी हैं। हमसे ही बाकी दुनिया ने सब कुछ सीखा है। हमारी भाषा, संस्कृति और सभ्यता इस धरती पर सबसे पुरानी है।""

"For my hunger in my belly I beg, But selfish I am not Self-centered you are, better start begging, Like me from house to hut."

"Let the nectar always flow From the seven seas From the moon in the skies From mother's breast From noble principles And from the poet's scribbles"

"Unheralded unsung she is, In all seven books of Ramayana For the poet in me, Sati she is, Even greater than Sita in purity."

"The money I earn now by selling my body, I shall spend To buy heaps of dowry, when I go as a bride newlywed."

"On everyone’s lips there was this talk. Triumph is never for the poor folk; Water always downward flows, Fault to the deprived always goes."

"Like in an heirless clan, The lamp is lit by the newborn; Let the wick burn and spread, The language of Odisha-Western."

"I cannot read, write or understand English so cannot compare the original and translated work."

"The hemant (dewy season) hosts almost all the plants and species on the earth. 560 million species from ant to elephant take shelter during Hemant. The small millets, the Sunflower and what not, all bloom during the hemant. Out of six seasons we now only have three. In Orissa we had Grishma (summer) Barsha (Rainy), Sarata (Autumn), and Basanta (spring). Now we are only left with summer winter and rainy."

"It sees, it knows, it hears, it finds But it speaks not a word It stands like a mute witness With its strong arms spread outward"

"Everyone is a poet, but only a few have the art of giving them shape."

"Poetry must have real-life connection and a message for the people."

"If we take responsibility we will be able to restore what God had planned for humanity, that is God's kingdom."

"Islamic sleeper cells exist in Kerala... According to [intelligence] inputs, Kerala is a recruiting ground for Islamic State as the people here are educated and the IS requires professionals like engineers and doctors. But we have dealt with it in a systematic way."

"After the exodus of 21 families to IS-controlled areas, we did lots of things. How many went after that? We have formed one of the best ATS [squads] in the country and it is doing a great job behind the scenes. That’s why there is not much concern. But we cannot be complacent in mounting our surveillance against suspected sleeper cells activities of terror outfits."

"Lalitha Iyer is none other than Hemangi Sharma in disguise."

"Usha Thorat :- Dr Pradhan makes ingenious use of Right to Information to address individual grievances of people."

"Whenever you start digging into history, history is re-written all over again. The more you dig, the more you gain, and the more you lose faith from history."

"Nothing is more painful in this world than love unrequited. But can true love remain unrequited? Whatever you give, it comes back to you a hundred fold, nay a thousand fold."

"All the moments in which you do not love, are wasted moments of life which will never come back. Our call is to love. There is no meaning in life without love."

"Mushrooms sprout overnight and die, but banyan tree takes years to take root. True love is like a banyan tree - last to sprout, last to die."

"They say he is the luckiest man, who has in his heart two women. Nobody can be unluckier than me, I am always in love with two women."

"Just in case you find this world too much a burden for you, you can always my dear find the path, always come back to me."

"I am not afraid of you, my friend, I am afraid of your ghost. After death you may stalk my books, my epitaphs, my biographies."

"Truth is naked. Truth was, is, and will ever be. But we humans like to wear masks."

"To perceive pure love that is God, you have to unmask your heart, unmask your soul, unmask the purity of your being."

"God knows the thoughts of all human beings even before they are released from their tongues. One who tunes into God knows all the thoughts welling up in all human hearts."

"Although drought is a natural disaster, starvation deaths are an avoidable man-made disaster."

"When death will spread all over the land, then alone will the living dead understand."

"Recovering principal with tenfold interest, Kalahandi will then take her revenge against her betrayer."

"Performance appraisal report (PAR) is the appraisal committee's ‘impersonal’ evaluation of the ‘public’ service rendered by ‘public’ servants in their ‘impersonal’ capacity in a ‘public’ organisation; hence there is nothing "personal" about PAR."

"History has always changed its course, changed its stance, swaying to the tunes, pendulum like, between a Ruling Party and an Opposition Party."

"Pokhran was born. Pokhran was dead. In less than a millionth of a second. Hymen of secrecy was breached for ever. Infant had become a Big Boy, at once shy and bold, with the suddenly acquired carnal knowledge of creation and annihilation. Then the Buddha smiled."

"A hungry man is an angry man."

"It has been showcased as a tool exclusively meant for disbursement of subsidies and we do not realise that it can also be used for mass surveillance. Can the government ... assure us that this Aadhaar card and the data that will be collected under it – biometric, biological, iris scan, finger print, everything put together – will not be misused as has been done by the NSA in the U.S.?"

"I am heartbroken to say that the youth of the country doesn’t deserve us. I am here to hear who has a word of solace and point of solution of the problems that the nation is facing. Is it only votes that matter? Is it just us and them? Are we not simplifying matters by breaking up the country in two parts—us and them?"

"In the villages of my constituency, old people, venerable people used to smoke marijuana. Today, by imposing ban on natural substances, which people have been using for ages, from the time of Shiva, we have actually forced a lot of these people to move on to alcohol."

"I am not judging them, but they are judging the House. Decrying the NJAC Act, it is a slap on the face of the people. It is a very sad event."

"Just because we do not speak Hindi does not mean we are not Indians."

"Let's be totally intolerant towards intolerance."

"We have never said that Bengal should not be given funds but Odisha should be treated equally."