“You should be glad that the government has provided for chain and bangles at their own expense, why are you feeling so bad about it?”

Comment made to his mother and aunt while he was shackled in jail for his political activities, as quoted in "Anandi Speaks On Kalki's Works" at chennaibest.com http://www.chennaibest.com/cityresources/books_and_hobbies/anandhi.asp

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