Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Kamala Markandaya

Born: June 23, 1924
Died: May 16, 2004 (aged 79)
Bio: Kamala Markandaya was a pseudonym used by Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, an Indian novelist and journalist. A native of Mysore, India, Markandaya was a graduate of Madras University, and afterwards published several short stories in Indian newspapers.
Known for:
- Nectar in a Sieve (1954)
- A handful of rice (1966)
- A silence of desire (1960)
- The golden honeycomb (1977)
- Some inner fury (1955)