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“I feel drawn to little temples on lonely hilltops. With the mist swirling round them, and the wind humming in the stunted pines, they absorb some of the magic and mystery of their surroundings and transmit it to the questing pilgrim.”
― Landour Days: A Writer's Journal
― Landour Days: A Writer's Journal
“The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“A woman at a certain age who is unmarried, our society teaches her to see it as a deep personal failure. And a man, after a certain age isn’t married, we just think he hasn’t come around to making his pick.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“Hinduism comes closest to being a nature religion. Rivers, rocks, trees, plants, animals, and birds all play their part, both in mythology and everyday worship. This harmony is most evident in remote places like this, and I hope it does not loose its unique character in the ruthless urban advance.”
― Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas
― Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas
Sumedha’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Sumedha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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