Sunny Quotes

“My mind is racing, thinking of the things I wish I had said. I wish I had told them about being made to wear a salwar kameez on World Book Day in primary school and being laughed at and called a ‘freshie’ by the Indian kids and a ‘Paki’ by the white kids. Yet when all my white friends use Indian clothes to play dress-up, they’re seen as beautiful, perfect, can do no wrong.”
― Sukh Ojla, Sunny: Heartwarming and utterly relatable - the dazzling debut novel by comedian, writer and actor Sukh Ojla

“Kettle or desi?’ I ask. Different occasions call for different types of tea. Standard tea – a teabag and boiling water – is for when you’re in a rush or feeling lazy, and desi is for cold mornings and chilly autumn days like today when only a mug of strong, peppery tea will do.”
― Sukh Ojla, Sunny: Heartwarming and utterly relatable - the dazzling debut novel by comedian, writer and actor Sukh Ojla

“Anyway, you never know, she might turn out to be right. Maybe you will meet someone at the wedding.’ I groan loudly. I’ve fantasised about meeting The One at weddings since I was fifteen. We’d bump into each other on the dance floor, my bangle would get caught on the sleeve of his kurta and in the process of untangling ourselves, he would fall in love with the way a faint blush bloomed across my perfect cheekbones. Cheekbones that neither fifteen-year-old Sunny, nor indeed thirty-year-old Sunny, possessed. Bollywood has a lot to answer for – especially heightening the romantic expectations of shy, chubby Indian teenagers from Gravesend.”
― Sukh Ojla, Sunny: Heartwarming and utterly relatable - the dazzling debut novel by comedian, writer and actor Sukh Ojla

“You will never have this. This is only for other people. Better people than you.”
― Sukh Ojla, Sunny