Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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)