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"a tubby old Gandhian, former-soldier-turned-village-social-worker, who had announced a fast to the death to realize his dream of a corruption-free India. He lay fatly on his back with the air of an ailing saint, against a backdrop of a portrait of Mother India – a many-armed goddess with a map-of-India-shaped body. (Undivided British India, of course, which included Pakistan and Bangladesh.)"
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I've had this book on my TBR for a while now. Very curious to see how the read goes.

On Tuesday I have my Quantitative Research Methods exam, and this is my guilt-free break read

“It's absurd that there are laws in some countries restricting abortion but no laws anywhere against impregnating someone. People who seek to deny access to abortion are not pro-life, they are forced-birthers.”

Yesss!
misoginist pro-life Komodo dragon terds

"“It is nice to be nice,” said Kamala with a sage nod. “And it is also
nice to eat people,” she added as an afterthought."

The only reason I'm still reading this is because of this awesome horse Kamala :D

Holy shit, Amar is Dharma Raja AKA Yama? and of course, Gupta is Chitragupta.

“Without him, it seemed colder. I retraced his touch lightly,
careful to avoid smudging the imprint of his lips against my skin. He
had called me jaani —“my life.”

uh, shouldn't that be "jaanu", or am I wrong?
Also, the romance is so… tasteless, if you will.

Sometimes I wish I were able to see the world, just so that I could admire those pretty covers that you sighted people write about. And of course, space pictures too 😔

“My body coils with anticipation again as his gaze rakes over my bare skin.
His hands roam slowly yet purposefully. Over my arms, my collarbones.
Reading me like braille.”
That's an interesting expression 😐

“‘Stop your bloody staring,’ she snapped a moment later. ‘You don’t look such a picture yourself, and what’s your excuse?’
‘Lain . . .’ He approached her carefully, as though even a strong movement of air might blow her away.
‘No time for romance now, lover boy,’ she said drily. ‘I hear Karst’s fucked up and we’ve got the human race to save.’ And then she was in his arms”

Lain is badass! :D