Ak Ramanujan Quotes

You want self-knowledge? You should come to America. Just as the Mahatma had to go to jail and sit behind bars to write his autobiography. Or Nehru had to go to England to discover India. Things are clear only when looked at from a distance.

The heart in misery has turned upside down. The blowing gentle breeze is on fire. O friend moonlight burns like the sun.

Like an Elephant Translated by A.K. Ramanujan Like an elephant lost from his herd suddenly captured, remembering his mountains, his Vindhyas, I remember. A parrot coming into a cage remembering his mate, I remember. O lord white as jasmine show me your ways. Call me: Child, come here, come this way.