--- title: "2 Bombay Quotes By Manil Suri" description: "2 Bombay quotes by Manil Suri. Plus more from Manil Suri and more Bombay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/manil-suri-22862_citizens-of-the-worl_see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked_933751.jpg" --- > [“See those people holding hands?" he asked at the candlelight vigil outside the still-smoking Taj Hotel. "They're neither Hindus nor Muslims, but citizens of Bombay first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked-at-the-candlelight-vigil/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/manil-suri-22862_citizens-of-the-worl_see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked_933751.jpg) > [“It's the eternal tragedy of being gay in Bombay," I lamented. "Never a place to yourself." With city rents so high, most sons lived with their parents until marriage - and usually well after as well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/it-s-the-eternal-tragedy-of-being-gay-in-bombay-i-lamented-never-a/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/manil-suri-22862_accommodation_it-s-the-eternal-tragedy-of-being-gay-in_2683481.jpg) ## Other authors on Bombay - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-salman-rushdie-82434.jpg) Salman Rushdie 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/salman-rushdie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gregory-david-roberts-39463.jpg) Gregory David Roberts 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/gregory-david-roberts/) ## More by Manil Suri > [“Sarita's been so busy exercising her brain that she hasn't had time for her heart, the poor thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/sarita-s-been-so-busy-exercising-her-brain-that-she-hasn-t-had-time/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“Endings need to be lived, they cannot be ordained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/endings-need-to-be-lived-they-cannot-be-ordained/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“What did religion do to people, to provoke such obstinancy, such hysteria - how did it push people to the stage of torturing themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/what-did-religion-do-to-people-to-provoke-such-obstinancy-such/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“Riyadh or Sharjah weren't exactly high on my list.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/riyadh-or-sharjah-weren-t-exactly-high-on-my-list/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“I made sure we fucked whenever the conversations got too emotional or too long - we weren't lesbians, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/i-made-sure-we-fucked-whenever-the-conversations-got-too-emotional-or/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“I never knew what language they'd lapse into when fucked - Urdu or Telugu or a mix of both (only the techies came in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/i-never-knew-what-language-they-d-lapse-into-when-fucked-urdu-or/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“Since the future's so iffy, I'll turn my attention to the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/since-the-future-s-so-iffy-i-ll-turn-my-attention-to-the-past/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“See those people holding hands?" he asked at the candlelight vigil outside the still-smoking Taj Hotel. "They're neither Hindus nor Muslims, but citizens of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked-at-the-candlelight-vigil/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“Samson had his Delilah, Adam his Eve, and the Jazter had you. Already, I can see my epitaph. "Here lies Jaz, lover of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/samson-had-his-delilah-adam-his-eve-and-the-jazter-had-you-already-i/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“Potom zamru svi zvuci, svjetla se zamrače, a njegove oči sklope, i njemu se učini kao da počinje neki film...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/potom-zamru-svi-zvuci-svjetla-se-zamra-e-a-njegove-o-i-sklope-i-njemu/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [To think I need a gun to protect against those who'd kill me for being Muslim ... It's too bad they don't know about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/to-think-i-need-a-gun-to-protect-against-those-who-d-kill-me-for/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“Maybe it was the novels I read - the racier Mills & Boon romances of late, Danielle Steel instructing me on international sex and sin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/maybe-it-was-the-novels-i-read-the-racier-mills-boon-romances-of-late/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [They used Akbar's principles to formulate a version of Islam that could peacefully co-exist with other religions (or so they claimed). An Emperor's Bequest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/they-used-akbar-s-principles-to-formulate-a-version-of-islam-that/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“What are you now, Jaz Bond? Double-oh-Six, the chhakka secret agent?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/what-are-you-now-jaz-bond-double-oh-six-the-chhakka-secret-agent/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) > [“Wer rastet, rostet - what rests, rusts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/wer-rastet-rostet-what-rests-rusts/) [Manil Suri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manil-suri/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/manil-suri/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bombay Quotes By Manil Suri", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“See those people holding hands?\" he asked at the candlelight vigil outside the still-smoking Taj Hotel. \"They're neither Hindus nor Muslims, but citizens of Bombay first.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Manil Suri" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked-at-the-candlelight-vigil/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/manil-suri-22862_citizens-of-the-worl_see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked_933751.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/manil-suri-22862_citizens-of-the-worl_see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked_933751.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/manil-suri-22862_citizens-of-the-worl_see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked_933751.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“See those people holding hands?\" he asked at the candlelight vigil outside the still-smoking Taj Hotel…” — Manil Suri", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's the eternal tragedy of being gay in Bombay,\" I lamented. \"Never a place to yourself.\" With city rents so high, most sons lived with their parents until marriage - and usually well after as well.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Manil Suri" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manil-suri/it-s-the-eternal-tragedy-of-being-gay-in-bombay-i-lamented-never-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/manil-suri-22862_accommodation_it-s-the-eternal-tragedy-of-being-gay-in_2683481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/manil-suri-22862_accommodation_it-s-the-eternal-tragedy-of-being-gay-in_2683481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/manil-suri-22862_accommodation_it-s-the-eternal-tragedy-of-being-gay-in_2683481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's the eternal tragedy of being gay in Bombay,\" I lamented. \"Never a place to yourself.\" With city rents…” — Manil Suri", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/manil-suri/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/manil-suri/", "name": "Bombay Quotes by Manil Suri", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/manil-suri/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/manil-suri-22862_citizens-of-the-worl_see-those-people-holding-hands-he-asked_933751.jpg" }, "description": "2 Bombay quotes by Manil Suri. 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