The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao Quotes

“They needed someone or something to blame for how their neighbourhood had changed, and pulling a woman down for the inadequacies of men had always come easily to everyone in India.”
― Lindsay Pereira, The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao

“They look at the legs of schoolgirls, stare at women in saris and don't care if the women are offended because they are taught that women are like chattel.”
― Lindsay Pereira, The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao

“They used religion as a crutch to con themselves into believing they stood for something. It was all that lay between their meaningless lives and the eternal darkness of the ghats at night.”
― Lindsay Pereira, The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao

“We don't look at people or treat them like people. We look at what they wear, what they say, how they say something, what the colour of their skin is and how much they earn. Then, after our mental calculations, we decide how to behave.”
― Lindsay Pereira, The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao

“You know how our school system works. If you don't study anything by heart, you get nothing. No one cares how smart you are. You don't need to understand anything either; just study and vomit it out when asked.”
― Lindsay Pereira, The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao

“I believe we have been angry since birth because the world has never given us a choice. We don't have the food we want, the clothes we desire, the schools, jobs or even the space we need. If we don't fight, we don't get the little that is left over for us. Mumbai only cares about those who have more, so we have to fight.”
― Lindsay Pereira, The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao