The Profession Quotes

“We are both sitting in the bazaar to sell our commodities. Different goods, but the goal is the same!”
― Ismat Chughtai, The Profession

“I felt that this Sethani was trying to please her customers with her attire and make up only for the sake of a living - I do the same: respectably dressed, mentally prepared I go to the court of my customers. The only difference is that all my wisdom and intellect are dried and sucked sugarcane — and the Sethani - a pitcher full of juice - I sell my brain, and the Sethani her body!”
― Ismat Chughtai, The Profession

“Moreover the name - Nigar-Malti- I never liked such motivation. What is this? Is this a symbol of Hindu - Muslim unity or an example of Hindu - Muslim friction? Renowned leaders had lost the battle to solve this problem and here was this lady whose so-called open mindedness had muddled all this Hindu-Muslim issue.”
― Ismat Chughtai, The Profession