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“Women’s dreams were only as big as their husbands’ egos would permit them to be.”
― Harini Nagendra, The Bangalore Detectives Club

“Ten minutes later, she was deep in thought and frowning over a question at the kitchen table. If 9 lbs of rice cost as much as 4 lbs of sugar, and 14 lbs of sugar are worth as much as ½ lb of tea, and 2 lbs of tea are worth as much as 5 lbs of coffee, what is the cost of 11 lbs of coffee if 2 ½ lbs of rice cost 6 ¼ d? She hummed as she worked.”
― Harini Nagendra, The Bangalore Detectives Club