Kashmir is now a Battle for People’s Mind

“Cooks, warriors, and authors must be judged by the effects they produce; toothsome dishes, glorious victories, pleasant books, these are our demands. We have nothing to do with ingredients, tactics, or methods. We have no desire to be admitted into the kitchen, the council, or the study. The cook may use her saucepans how she pleases, the warrior place his men as he likes the author handle his material or weave his plot as best he can, when the dish is served we only ask, Is it good ? When the battle has been fought, who won? When the book comes out, does it read?”

“Authors ought not to be above being reminded that it is their first duty to write agreeably. Some very disagreeable men have succeeded in doing so, and there is therefore no need for anyone to despair. Every author, be he grave or gay, should try to make his book as ingratiating as possible. Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. Nobody is under any obligation to read any other man's book.”

Augustine Birrell

Former Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

(Augustine Birrell KC was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. Born: 19 January 1850, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Died: 20 November 1933, London, United Kingdom. Spouse: Eleanor Tennyson (m. 1888), Margaret Mirrielees (m. 1878). Education: Amersham Hall, Trinity Hall Cambridge)

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