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"Where narratives in film and fiction often rely on virtually immediate reactions, reality is far more insistent and infmitely (literally) more patient." — Oct 12, 2022 11:52PM
"Where narratives in film and fiction often rely on virtually immediate reactions, reality is far more insistent and infmitely (literally) more patient." — Oct 12, 2022 11:52PM
Serious Men
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‘If you stare long enough at serious people they will begin to appear comical.’
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“The deer’s life is over, but he has not lived in fear of death. It is only man’s imagination and fear of the hereafter that makes him afraid of meeting death.”
― Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas
― Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas
“All I wanted was a quiet life, a writing pad, books to read, flowers to gaze upon, and sometimes a little love, a little kiss…”
― Tales of Fosterganj
― Tales of Fosterganj
“The nettles stung me viciously on the hands and face, and I cursed in my best Hindustani. The European languages have their strengths, but for the purposes of cursing out loud you can’t beat some of the Indian languages for range and originality.”
― Tales of Fosterganj
― Tales of Fosterganj
“कितना ही दूर रह लो, लेकिन अपने गाँव की भाषा चुटकियों में आपको गाँव से जोड़ देती है।”
― Aisi Waisi Aurat
― Aisi Waisi Aurat
“I had always considered it an admirable thing to break away from security and respectability. Of course, it is easier for a man to do this. A man can look after himself, he can do without neighbours and the approval of the local society. A woman, I reasoned, would do anything for love provided it was not at the price of security; for a woman loves security as much as a man loves independence.”
― Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas
― Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas
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