The Zoya Factor Quotes

“Hey look,' he said, pointing out one particular 'devotee' on the surveillance monitor. 'Keep your eye on that one, I think he's maybe going to immolate himself!'
'Are you serious?' I gasped, morbidly bloodthirsty. 'Where, where, which one?'
'That one.' He pointed with the fly-swatter-cum-back-scratcher. 'Look! He's all worked up, he's in a religious frenzy, he's turned away from everybody, he's whipping out a bottle of kerosene...'
We watched the would-be immolator excitedly in silence.
'He's whipping out his pecker ...' I said in a flat voice. 'And he's pissing into the madhumalati.'
Zoravar sighed. 'They don't make devotees like they used to,' he said sadly, and tottered off.”
― Anuja Chauhan, The Zoya Factor

“He shook his head at me. 'You were always scatterbrained,' he said. 'Zoravar was always the sensible one.' We both turned to look at sensible Zoravar who was digging into his plaster with the back of a teaspoon, his eyes closed in ecstasy.”
― Anuja Chauhan, The Zoya Factor

“As we inched by Worli Naka Monita screamed and pointed to a hoarding above us. I peered out of the window, almost bumping my head against the roof of the cab. It showed a chubby girl cartoon with wildly curling black hair standing nose to nose with a dark, scowling boy cartoon in India cricket blues. The girl was smilingly offering a slice of buttered bread to the boy. The line on top advised, 'Don't skip her breakfast, Skipper,' and underneath it a legend read, 'LUCKILY, BUTTERLY DELICIOUS - AMUL!”
― Anuja Chauhan, The Zoya Factor

“Had I gone through two heartbreaks to end up with this? This was the hero of the movie of my life?
Because, hello, I've grown up thinking I'm starring in DDLJ. Or Titanic. Or at least Bride and Prejudice . And all the time it's actually been Dunston Checks In.”
― Anuja Chauhan, The Zoya Factor