Kavitha Elamvaluthi

“To those men who say that women from “good families” must come into the world of cinema, I have this question: What is it that you mean by “good?” A woman, who honestly puts her wares on display, and sells them without an intention to cheat, is such a woman not virtuous?”
― Saadat Hasan Manto, Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto

“Here in Manto's own words that he wanted to mark his grave with:

"In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Here lies Saadat Hasan Manto and with him lie buried all the secrets and mysteries of the art of short-story writing....
Under tons of earth he lies, still wondering who among the two is greater short-story writer: God or He.”
― Saadat Hasan Manto

“I feel like I am always the one tearing everything up and forever sewing it back together.”
― Saadat Hasan Manto

“All you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be”
― Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon: Piano/Vocal/Chords