Alexander Frater > Quotes

“As a romantic ideal, turbulent, impoverished India could still weave its spell, and the key to it all - the colours, the moods, the scents, the subtle, mysterious light, the poetry, the heightened expectations, the kind of beauty that made your heart miss a beat - well, that remained the monsoon.”
― Alexander Frater, Chasing the Monsoon

“One Said, 'My grandfather once planted a Langra tree but, before he could eat the fruit, he had to marry it to another tree. A tamarind. Custom decreed it.'
'I know about that custom,' said a colleague. 'The jasmine is considered a suitable bride for a mango.”
― Alexander Frater, Chasing the Monsoon

“The black sky just kept assuming deeper shades of black until, suddenly, it had blacked itself out entirely.”
― Alexander Frater, Chasing The Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India

“The Bangalore woman cried, ‘Yesterday there were dragonflies in our hotel garden. They are a sign. We knew monsoon was coming soon!”
― Alexander Frater, Chasing The Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India

“The deluge began.”
― Alexander Frater, Chasing The Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India

“The rains!’ everyone sang. The wind struck us with a force that made our line bend and waver.”
― Alexander Frater, Chasing The Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India

“The imbroglio of inky cloud swirling overhead contained nimbostratus, cumulonimbus and Lord knows what else,”
― Alexander Frater, Chasing The Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India