The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown Quotes

“But the human mind has an infinite capacity to delude itself.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown

“But the human mind has an infinite capacity to delude itself. And in that gap between reason and superstition, all manner of fantasies prevailed.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown

“No one seemed to know how Ganesha had escaped from Kondvilkar’s clutches or, for that matter, how he had ended up with Irfan. From the boy there came only a simple explanation. ‘Ganesha found me and brought me home. If you will permit me to stay, I will never leave again.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown

“Ganesha turned to admire himself in the mirror.

The elephant calf wore a ridiculously coloured caparison across his back, with a Keralan-style nettipattam headdress tied over his forehead. The nettipattam stretched all the way down to the top of his trunk and was painted gold and edged with a rainbow of coloured pom-poms. White cheek spots had been painted on their side of his face, and coloured garlands and brass bells had been tied around his tail.

Unlike Chopra the little elephant was delighted with his new look. Like any child he was enormously proud of his new outfit and wished to show it off.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown

“Chopra sighed. It was bad enough, he thought, to be burdened by a temperamental wife, but to also have to adjust to a temperamental one-year-old elephant was sufficient to try even the patience of a saint.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown

“Ganesha: a riddle inside an enigma wrapped inside an elephant.

Often, when he looked into Ganesha’s gentle brown eyes, he would think he saw his Uncle Bansi staring back at him.”
― Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown

“affliction of nostalgia”
― Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown