প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি Quotes

“যাকে সামনে সমীহ করতে বাধ্য হতে হয়, তাকে আড়ালে নিন্দে করতে না পেলে বাঁচবে কেমন করে মানুষ?”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি

“এতো আলো পৃথিবীতে, তবু পৃথিবীর মানুষগুলো এতো অন্ধকারে কেন?”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি

“Nobody knew the truth. Nobody knew what had really happend. Shankari had not had a clue that one should write a note to the effect that, 'Nobody is responsible for my death.' Or, may be, in those days, that was not the usual practice. Perhaps because they did not know how to write.”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি

“He had married soon after he had turned fifteen, not too innocent an age. But the timid Nabakumar had not even tried to steal a glance at his bride during the wedding ceremony. Now, if anyone sent some other girl, Nabakumar would have been incapable of telling the difference. So much so, that for the last couple of days, no matter how hard he tried, he had been unable to recall her name.”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি

“All women say the same thing— "I'll die! I'm dying! I wish I was dead!"— what a bother!”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি

“Nobody knew Jata's wife's name. And nobody made the effort to find out. 'Jata's wife'—that was her only name! In time, she would be known as somebody's mother. She had no need for a name.”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি

“Since I wrote about what is more familiar to me, day-to-day experiences in middle class homes, my readers feel that what I write about is very close to their experience, and want to read more and more. So I just keep on writing. I'll probably keep on writing till the day I die.”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি