The Begum and the Dastan Quotes

“Jadu, tilism surrounds us and we are blind, or choose to close our eyes to its imminent destruction - this illusion, we live in, will one day turn to ashes. We shall return to dust.”
― Tarana Husain Khan, The Begum and the Dastan

“The Tilism-e-Azam will never end. It will remain and you and I, with our captive souls will live on. There is happiness in living inside an illusion, who needs a soul? Rooh ki parwaaz ho gayi, yeh jism hai jo jeeye jaa raha hai, the soul has flown away and this stubborn body lives on. Mirza Kallan sighs, takes his bowl and lota, collects the coins from his host, touches his forehead in salam and leaves, ignoring the murmuring and protesting audience.”
― Tarana Husain Khan, The Begum and the Dastan