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“You always maintained that he was a good father, but I always told you and I'll say it again today, so what if he was a good father? How does that redeem him if he was a bad husband?”
― The Story of a Widow
― The Story of a Widow
“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.”
― The Alchemy of Desire
― The Alchemy of Desire
“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.”
― The Alchemy of Desire
― The Alchemy of Desire
“I knew now there was no such thing as a biblioblackhole.
Everything written truly lived.
Every real word. Every real story.
You had to find your words. You had to find your story.”
― The Alchemy of Desire
Everything written truly lived.
Every real word. Every real story.
You had to find your words. You had to find your story.”
― 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.”
― The Alchemy of Desire
We had mastered the art of nomenclature from the white man.
Grand labels could disguise unforgivable things.”
― The Alchemy of Desire
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She Reads South Asia aims to create a supportive, active community of women writers from South Asia, and their readers. Inspired by 2014 being celebra ...more
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