Swastika Rupal

“If you rule by violence, you should expect to be removed by violence.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

“She told me to keep myself whole. That there wasn’t any shame in taking care of yourself in order to help those who needed you.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

“I find I can get a more accurate measure of a man when he’s not aware he’s being appraised.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

“That made it worse, this passing of a barbed baton between women who, no matter how clever, how powerful, would always be known by the men to whom they were attached.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold