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title: "5 Attacks Quotes By Karan Mahajan"
description: "5 Attacks quotes by Karan Mahajan. Plus more from Karan Mahajan and more Attacks sayings from other authors."
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> [It's easier to set off a bomb that kills innocent civilians in a market than it is to plot an assassination, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/it-s-easier-to-set-off-a-bomb-that-kills-innocent-civilians-in-a/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/karan-mahajan-6691_attention_it-s-easier-to-set-off-a-bomb-that-kills_357192.jpg)

> [How do you prevent attacks from becoming the very fabric of lived life in a city? Of course it's very easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/how-do-you-prevent-attacks-from-becoming-the-very-fabric-of-lived/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/karan-mahajan-6691_attacks_how-do-you-prevent-attacks-from-becoming_365177.jpg)

> [I also think that there's something about the graphic, political nature of such attacks, mixed with the fact that it all seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/i-also-think-that-there-s-something-about-the-graphic-political/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/karan-mahajan-6691_attacks_i-also-think-that-there-s-something-abou_728553.jpg)

> [But I think the goal of all these attacks is the same, which is to seize maximum media attention. Maybe some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/but-i-think-the-goal-of-all-these-attacks-is-the-same-which-is-to/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/karan-mahajan-6691_attention_but-i-think-the-goal-of-all-these-attack_1144360.jpg)

> [In India the government is very chaotic and poorly run. They are forced into action by public pressure. When it's a larger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/in-india-the-government-is-very-chaotic-and-poorly-run-they-are/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/karan-mahajan-6691_action_in-india-the-government-is-very-chaotic_2572365.jpg)

## Other authors on Attacks

## More by Karan Mahajan

> [When we talk about 9/11 and 26/11 - which is the shorthand for the Mumbai attacks in 2008 - we're talking about the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/when-we-talk-about-9-11-and-26-11-which-is-the-shorthand-for-the/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [I'm more interested than Philip Roth in understanding women, even if I do it imperfectly. But that book, Portnoy's Complaint, is literary punk in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/i-m-more-interested-than-philip-roth-in-understanding-women-even-if-i/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [You can say that a small attack is one in which relatively few people die, but the minute you say that, you can sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/you-can-say-that-a-small-attack-is-one-in-which-relatively-few-people/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [There's a hustling, but also a self-centred vibe you can get from people in Delhi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/there-s-a-hustling-but-also-a-self-centred-vibe-you-can-get-from/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [I think Indians will pick up on a lot of the direct commentary on Delhi, which Americans will obviously miss, while Americans might get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/i-think-indians-will-pick-up-on-a-lot-of-the-direct-commentary-on/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [In Delhi, where I grew up, commerce is brusque. You don't ask each other how your day has been. You might not even smile.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/in-delhi-where-i-grew-up-commerce-is-brusque-you-don-t-ask-each-other/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [In some ways, the best novel about terrorism, though it's not a novel, is 'The Looming Tower' by Lawrence Wright or 'Perfect Soldiers' by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/in-some-ways-the-best-novel-about-terrorism-though-it-s-not-a-novel/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [Literature has become too psychological. We discount the physical, when in fact much of life is physical. People's personalities are partly formed by, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/literature-has-become-too-psychological-we-discount-the-physical-when/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [When more Chinese started coming after the Gold Rush, employed on large projects like the Pacific Railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment became shrill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/when-more-chinese-started-coming-after-the-gold-rush-employed-on/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [“What has she got? Nothing but years and years of heartbreak, of being pushed physically, I am sure, into the country of her mother’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/what-has-she-got-nothing-but-years-and-years-of-heartbreak-of-being/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [It's easier to set off a bomb that kills innocent civilians in a market than it is to plot an assassination, but that obviously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/it-s-easier-to-set-off-a-bomb-that-kills-innocent-civilians-in-a/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [How do you prevent attacks from becoming the very fabric of lived life in a city? Of course it's very easy to say you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/how-do-you-prevent-attacks-from-becoming-the-very-fabric-of-lived/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [If India hadn't become a troubled space for me, somehow I wouldn't have any reason to write about it. So the fact that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/if-india-hadn-t-become-a-troubled-space-for-me-somehow-i-wouldn-t/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [I don't know what you can do if it's reported that there's been a small attack in the second- or third-largest city in country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/i-don-t-know-what-you-can-do-if-it-s-reported-that-there-s-been-a/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

> [The West, in the form of American capitalism, is seen as having won, but people are beginning to offer alternatives again, sometimes in retrograde…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/the-west-in-the-form-of-american-capitalism-is-seen-as-having-won-but/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

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