“Have you been reading those books that clueless illiterate Duja in charge of the lending library lets you borrow?’ ‘No, Ma.’ ‘Then what put you in mind of devils possessing nuns to take over the church?” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“What am I doing here, Reena? Why am I dancing to the tunes of that old hag?’‘You are saving your family.” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“There’s a great drought in my village. People are dying. The price of rice and pulses has rocketed. There is no water anywhere. And… — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“She liked the way a ray of mild autumn sun infiltrating the thick cluster of trees caught a reddish orange leaf swirling in the… — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“What better hiding place than an old, woodlice-ridden album of photographs!” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“But he’s an untouchable, Shirin.’ ‘He’s my Untouchable Prince Charming, then. Only I am allowed to touch him.” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“Where are the coconut trees bowing allegiance to the wind, the wide open spaces, the verdant green fields?” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“You are a girl, Shirin. Girls don’t run around naked.’‘Why?’‘They just don’t.” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“I watched the rows and rows of chappals left by devotees outside the Hindu temple and wondered if the homeless boys who sometimes steal… — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“What wouldn’t my people give for a few bites of the biryani she ordered me to throw away yesterday because she said it smelt?” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, it is easier to leave things as they are, rather than to fight, go against the flow.” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
