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"Roopa fleetingly wondered if it was worth letting her son be a domestic slave, for the singular cause of protecting her sanity against more such conversational terrorism from her daughter-in-law."

Came across this while doomscrolling... yet, my expectations from this book are high 😃

“We are a species of liars, and sometimes we deliberately join the dots in the wrong order, and pretend to make sense of what we see. We stretch the stories of our lives to fit our own desired narratives, presenting a prettier picture for those around us. Honesty loses every time to a lie less ordinary, and truth is overrated.”

Definitely reads like a fever dream...

Overgeneralization of ideas though I have to admit it's serving the motivational purpose I picked it up for.

The amount of detailing in this book about ice dancing is Insane!!

‘That the Syal girls can defend themselves and their honour should be a matter of pride and comfort to us. How often has this land been ravaged and looted? Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Mongols—wave after wave of invaders have come seeking our land, our gold, and our women. If our daughters are trained and armed to protect themselves are we not better off for that?’ asked Mir Chuchak.

Deprive a peasant of his harvest with a flash of the sword once and it is called robbery. Do it at random intervals and it’s described as banditry. Do it systematically, year after year, backed by swordsmen in uniforms, and it is called governance.

Loving this read so far...

The way this book is going; I think it's a sign from God that I need to pick up a happy book with well-adjusted normal individuals/adults. 🤕