Song of the Sun God Quotes

“Every generation should have the chance to be better and freer than the one before it.”
― Shankari Chandran, Song of the Sun God

“They had once dug the earth for yams and planted seeds and prayed for rain. Now they dug for life and planted the dead and prayed for the end.”
― Shankari Chandran, Song of the Sun God

“You must do the right thing, Smrithi, whether you want to or not—and you must do it to the best of your ability. That’s all that is asked of us, even though sometimes it seems an impossible task.”
― Shankari Chandran, Song of the Sun God

“Most of all, I am exhausted from being different. You've never had to live in a place where you're different, where you are the "other".”
― Shankari Chandran, Song of the Sun God

“You didn't change, Amma, you've never had to. If we let this tradition go, what's next? We do these traditions to remind ourselves - to remind the children - who they are and where they've come from.”
― Shankari Chandran, Song of the Sun God