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“Ghar ki murg; dal barabar.”
― Cracking India: A Novel
― Cracking India: A Novel
“When little girls ask too many questions their tongues drop off!”
― Cracking India: A Novel
― Cracking India: A Novel
“They gleam, reflecting rainbow hues—insinuating questions ... What is eternity? Why are the stars? Where do cats lay their eggs? And why don’t hospitals have flushing bedpans built into the beds?”
― Cracking India: A Novel
― Cracking India: A Novel
“all the silahbands and the attendants upon the platoons gathered together in large crowds of thousands outside the gates of the fort of Lahore and inside it and began to cause various kinds of trouble and molestation to the various men who went or came and teased especially the attendants of the state and the glorious chieftains. Whenever people rode from their mansions and came towards the fort, they began to strike with sticks the face of the horses and the backs of the servants accompanying them and turned them out in great disgrace, uttering many improper and rude words.”
― City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore
― City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore
