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“even trees bear allegiance to their soil, you see. Just like people,’ she told me wisely. ‘It is difficult to uproot them and place them where they don’t belong.”
― Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
― Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
“We leave partners using the framework of opportunity costs as we’re convinced there are better options out there; we lose weight to become more appealing and raise our value in the marketplace. We maintain beauty because attractiveness is an endowment, which improves one’s chances of finding love.”
― Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
― Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
“Why do so many people who are willing to pay the price of cars, houses, food, and vacations try so hard to avoid paying the price of good investment returns?”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“Indians are the most depressed people in the world and women are fifty per cent more likely to suffer episodes of depression than men.”
― Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
― Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
“In commenting on how films sell fantasy in India, scholars often draw links between the income poverty of the country and the on-screen displays of hyper-consumption and excessive wealth. These are meant to project the neoliberal aspirations of a growing middle class and its desire to at once uphold community traditions and encourage individualism. Simultaneously, the images are intended to enchant and distract the masses from their everyday drudgery.”
― Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
― Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
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