Kalpana Chawla Quotes

Time appears to us as a continual stream, forever coursing from the past to the present. This stream has no banks visible to us on which we can rest from our journey into the future, yet this is where Kalpana now resides. Forever young, at the pinnacle of achievement, beyond space, at the edge of time.

There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don’t have much relevance. We must all realise it is not worth it. It’s like being in the whirlpools which are always present behind a little rock near a river. We seem to be living in these little whirlpools and forget that there is a whole river. The picture is much bigger.

I have no confidence in the media in general. In my experience, factual, objective reporting is usually a distant second to sensationalism.   Laurel

time.

achievement,

our US passports

even in the predawn hours.

Kalpana was adamant about retaining her Indian passport, even though it had become invalid