Palash Krishna Mehrotra > Quotes

“I try not to remember them but very often memories force themselves on my consciousness; they are like stubborn relatives who invite themselves over even when you've made it clear that they are unwelcome.”
― Palash Krishna Mehrotra, Eunuch Park : Fifteen Stories of Love and Destruct

“It was a matter of give and take, but often the writers took more than they gave. Considering”
― Palash Krishna Mehrotra, House Spirit: Drinking in India-Stories, Essays, Poems

“Peter Scot is as legendary an antiseptic as Dettol and kills all manner of germs, whether”
― Palash Krishna Mehrotra, House Spirit: Drinking in India-Stories, Essays, Poems

“Uncle Mamool, full name Ontappa Kallappa Mensinkai, also alias OK (instead of ‘hello’ he answered the phone with an ‘OK’ which”
― Palash Krishna Mehrotra, House Spirit: Drinking in India-Stories, Essays, Poems

“Praying hands a steeple, inverted a cunt. What am I thinking of in this filthy bar?”
― Palash Krishna Mehrotra, House Spirit: Drinking in India-Stories, Essays, Poems