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"My passion for what I did and my
ferocious attachment to it became a deficiency that no cosmetic product
could hide."

A cocktail of internalised misogyny, hyperfocussed material success, narrow desires, celebration of external adornments and patriarchal gifts of bargains and negotiations are brought to you through this documentation. The book is offering some take away for everyone, given they have the patience.

"Why aren’t family and friendship enough? Why doesn’t my
professional life make me as happy as my ex did? Why does a man’s love
matter so much? It’s one thing to read, retweet and recite great feminists.
It’s quite another to live their lessons every day as a scared single woman in
Delhi. I am sorry for being this self-obsessed when women in our country
are protesting and struggling, but I can’t deny my hurt."

"Empathy is the explanation of human kindness that best explains true kindness - kindness born from no ulterior motive - and it explains the way kindness feels. And, happily, it's an explanation that points the way to an expansion of our kindness."

"life is a sequence of births and deaths. Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to light, old ones need to wither away." - Quoting, highliting Aziz's life and perspective is the drill I do with this book.

The parallel travels of Tabriz and the novice are holding up to the slow pace whereas the recent past life of Ella and Aziz still gain traction from me.

A simplistic reminder of how to learn to agree and disagree, beyond the binary of it, respectfully. It reiterates the basics of human behaviour and extent of empathetic understanding potential we have.

5/1/22: "May love find you when you least expect, where you least expect."

This book demands sensitivity and emotional attention to details. The reading might need to be balanced with time to process the complexities it draws your focus to. During COVID-19, second wave, I am unable to provide it the unwavered understanding and commitment to read. I look forward to be in a better mental space to indulge in it as such.