Kalyana Quotes

“I could see the sun rise from our kitchen window. It always started with a speck of deep orange far in the distance. Slowly the speck would become larger and larger, at last spreading across the sky in a brilliant fan. Then it seemed as though all of Fiji would light up. Birds would chirp. Caterpillars would awaken, stretching and yawning, wriggling their little bodies along leaves and twigs. Frogs would croak to clear their throats. Butterflies would spread their wings as the lizards disappeared into their holes. And the newspapers --they would lay the claim that theirs was the first newspaper published in the world that day.”
― Rajni Mala Khelawan, Kalyana

“What had Pope John Paul said about our country once? “It's the way the world should be.”
― Rajni Mala Khelawan, Kalyana

“Just like the birds that migrated south in search of the warmth of the sun, leaving behind the harshness of winter, so the Indians came to Fiji with lotas filled with hope, fleeing the chill of poverty.”
― Rajni Mala Khelawan, Kalyana

“She said it didn't matter whether a woman's hips were shaped like a watermelon or pineapple or an apple. It made no difference what fruits her breasts resembled. Regardless what form she took, a woman was a woman.”
― Rajni Mala Khelawan, Kalyana

“Everyone has one beginning and one ending, but life is made up of what's in between: the connections, the discoveries, the triumphs, and the losses.”
― Rajni Mala Khelawan, Kalyana

“For every woman's life, regardless of the circumstances of her past and present, was entwined with pain and suffering.”
― Rajni Mala Khelawan, Kalyana