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“It was money from returning a pittance of land that was given to them like alms. Thanks, but no thanks. It was money from severing ancestral bonds.”
― Fire Bird
― Fire Bird
“Seven decades on, the subject of Partition is like a well that was once filled with blood. The blood has long dried up, but the well remains, like a gaping hole on the chest of the Indian subcontinent. Those who used to stop by it and kneel against its wall to shed a tear or two have passed on. Their children and grandchildren have moved on: the well no longer falls in their path.”
― Gazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Line That Partitioned India
― Gazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Line That Partitioned India
“And even though the photos are black and white, they gleam
incandescent like all the colours of a royal flush. This island is a beautiful
place, despite being filled with fools and savages. And if these photos of
yours are the only ones that outlive you, maybe that’s an ace that you can
keep.”
― The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
incandescent like all the colours of a royal flush. This island is a beautiful
place, despite being filled with fools and savages. And if these photos of
yours are the only ones that outlive you, maybe that’s an ace that you can
keep.”
― The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
“Sena hand-picks the crew for today’s mission and takes them to the
mara tree outside the Palace for a final briefing. ‘This is where I died.
And when they killed me, all I remembered was the pain.”
― The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
mara tree outside the Palace for a final briefing. ‘This is where I died.
And when they killed me, all I remembered was the pain.”
― The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
“They burned everything. Everything I did. Everything I saw. All
gone.’
‘It takes more than photos to stop this train, putha. Leave your pity
party, brother. Think of why you were Down There. What was your
purpose? Was it just gambling and taking photos and squeezing cock?’
‘I was there to witness. That is all. All those sunrises and all those
massacres existed because I filmed them. Now, they are as dead as me.’
‘You can whine. Or you can work.”
― The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
gone.’
‘It takes more than photos to stop this train, putha. Leave your pity
party, brother. Think of why you were Down There. What was your
purpose? Was it just gambling and taking photos and squeezing cock?’
‘I was there to witness. That is all. All those sunrises and all those
massacres existed because I filmed them. Now, they are as dead as me.’
‘You can whine. Or you can work.”
― The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
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