Tapan Kumar Pradhan

"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."

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

"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."

"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."