She Reads

“As a friend often said, India is a gymkhana club, where the people have the votes, but the politicians and the bureaucrats have the membership.”
― Tarun J. Tejpal, The Alchemy of Desire

“Love is not the greatest glue between two people. Sex is.”
― Tarun J. Tejpal, The Alchemy of Desire

“I was still madly in love with her when I left her but the desire had died, and not all the years of sharing and caring and discovering and journeying could keep me from fleeing.”
― Tarun J. Tejpal, The Alchemy of Desire

“In the winter of 1987 India was full of iskeems that had gone awry. Agricultural iskeems, political iskeems, economic iskeems, educational iskeems, stop black money iskeems, attract white tourists iskeems, drinkable water iskeems, animal protection iskeems, women's welfare iskeems, nurture children iskeems, don't scan female foetus iskeems, privatization iskeems, medical iskeems, entertainment iskeems, old India iskeems and new India iskeems.
We had mastered the art of nomenclature from the white man.
Grand labels could disguise unforgivable things.”
― Tarun J. Tejpal, The Alchemy of Desire