Some points that impressed me and some that set me thinking:

“Parents are like a bow,
And children like arrows.
The more the bow bends and stretches, the farther the arrow flies
I fly , not because I am special, but because they stretched for me ” – – – – Khalil Gibran
  • It is interesting to note the author’s use of words such as ‘flying vehicle’ and ‘Scorched earth policy’ in the age of Rama
  • ‘Somras’ was considered as the mysterious ‘anti- aging’ drink !
  • She made her decision ‘ Ram was born a minute before midday” – Was history ‘created’?
  • 7032 – Manu calendar year in which Rama was born
  • Withholding the truth is different from lying – Sage Vasishta
  • People who compel their leaders to lie, are not worth fighting for – Rama
  • How can the land belong to any of us? We belong to the land !
  • Laws are the foundation on which a fulfilling life is built for a community. Laws are the answer
  • “I have not lied. I have just not revealed the truth. There is a difference’ – Vasishta
  • Brilliant narrative of the preparation for a combat , by Rama , was well described by Amish Tripathy – P53