“Did you know each other from outside of this class?” Rishi felt something hot pressing its weight against his diaphragm. Your spirits are already friends. That was it, he thought. Even though this was the first day he’d spent any… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“With a lurch Rishi realized his brain was also diverting blood flow to other parts of his body. He immediately began to think of… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“You. Are. Beautiful. Lajawab. My only worry is that I might not be able to do you justice.” — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“When they finally pulled apart, Rishi’s mouth tingling still, Dimple smiled shyly and looked down at their hands, entwined between them on the bench.… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“I feel like I need to speak out, because if no one speaks out, if no one says, this is me, this is what… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“And then he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him, one hand moving up to cup her cheek, thumb just under… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“She wept for her hardheadedness, and for a world that couldn't just let her be both, a woman in love and a woman with… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“It was like two invisible puppeteers, standing stage left and stage right, were yanking on strings to lift up the corners of her mouth.… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“Dimple thought of Insomnia Con, of Jenny Lindt, of SFSU, of Stanford. Of all the things she’d jeopardize if she called Ritu auntie a… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“Her body conveyed anger like a second language; she must have had a lot of practice” — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“It was sort of nice that she didn’t need to explain the hovering, how it really came from a place of love. Rishi got… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“She set her book carefully down, dog-earing a corner of her page with love.” — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“Dimple could see, flush from the endorphins of a great performance, why actors and performers got addicted to this kind of thing. It had… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
