Samarpita Dutta

“The battle with India’s colonisers was over, but the battle for women to take their place in the new society Nehru was fashioning was just beginning.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Lost Man of Bombay

“Vera nods. “They are quite good. Maybe not amazing”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

“The British may have left, but the energies her countrymen had once directed towards revolution were now engaged in endless complaint. The country, many said, had gone to the dogs.”
― Vaseem Khan, Death of a Lesser God

“You wouldn’t understand. Asians do not go to therapy. We don’t even acknowledge that mental health issues exist. It’s considered a sign of weakness, that we couldn’t work things out for ourselves. And a sign of shame, that we even needed help in the first place. Tita Rosie is the kindest, most loving person I’ve ever met and even she believes in not airing your dirty laundry for other people to see. She’s very much an ‘It’s in God’s hands’ type person. Bahala na, you know? And my grandmother?” I laughed. “She’ll just tell me I’m lazy like my mother. To keep my mouth shut and get to work.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo