“You are a girl, Shirin. Girls don’t run around naked.’‘Why?’‘They just don’t.” — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“The time is ripe for young Indian authors writing in the English language.” — Anurag Shourie Copy Share Image
“When you stop complaining about others for not helping you and focus on your efforts; there’s no stopping you.” — Udai Yadla Copy Share Image
“She was a sleuth and sleuths had to follow rules. ‘Get to the point; don’t allow the subject to digress’ was one… — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
Whole life is a search for beauty. But, when the beauty is found inside, the search ends and a beautiful journey begins. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You put cow dung on my face?’ ‘Every day religiously until you were three. Why else do you think your skin is… — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“For them, wives were never the better half. They were better and the half merely existed.” — Anju Shylaja Kumar Copy Share Image
“Everything in this world happens with a purpose. You are born in this world with a purpose, you are chosen by purpose.” — Udai Yadla Copy Share Image
“Have you been reading those books that clueless illiterate Duja in charge of the lending library lets you borrow?’ ‘No, Ma.’ ‘Then… — 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… — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“It’s beyond your consciousness that your soul lingers with the person you love and hence your mood will affect the one you… — Udai Yadla Copy Share Image
“The Great Socialist himself is said to have embezzled one billion rupees from the Darkness, and transferred that money into a bank… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“You don’t live in luxury! You are relegated to sleep in the little store room behind the kitchen with the cockroaches and… — Renita D'Silva Copy Share Image
“Oyila and her parents first stopped at a beach. Over there, Oyila bought a long and comfortable t-shirt. She was sure her… — Priyadarshini Copy Share Image
“The letter she was waiting for was no ordinary one. It contained a very special flower that bloomed only once in twelve… — Priyadarshini Copy Share Image
“She looked so beautiful, with every smile of hers, I was falling for her. She had the perfect set of teeth for… — Pritam Banikk Copy Share Image
“As the postwoman waited, she dreamed of all the things she liked….Tiny postal stamps with colourful pictures. Thick postcards with exotic fragrances.… — Priyadarshini Copy Share Image
“It did not cross the minds of most Hindus that barring exceptions, they were responsible for Catholicism in India. The outcastes of… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
“Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“I meet his eyes and he arches his eyebrows. He knows. He knows I don’t really like Deepak. He knows I’ve been… — Anjali Kirpalani Copy Share Image
“Rains are an act of God in India. And God as we know is a law unto himself. He is not responsible,… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
“The three flower shops were obliterated. The petals of the once-dewy flowers and their sellers' flesh burnt together. The people reacted and,… — Rohit Gore Copy Share Image
“He could not help but admire his posters every time he saw them---the son of a rickshaw puller, now the chief of… — Rohit Gore Copy Share Image
“Even the Hindu neighbours had no way of figuring out what the priest recited, though it was in their mother tongue, Marathi.… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
“In India, as in other poor countries, we have a line that is invisible and abstract and yet more powerful and pervasive… — Kiran Nagarkar 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
“If Allah has willed it that way... He must have better plans for you child...” — K. Hari Kumar Copy Share Image
“Believe in your greatness. Because what you believe is what you become.” — Udai Yadla Copy Share Image
“I uttered the wisest thing that you must say to an angry woman - “I’m sorry.” — Mita Jain Copy Share Image
“Aruvi headed to the ice cream shop and got wooden sticks. She could glue these together to make beautiful Christmas stars” — Priyadarshini Copy Share Image
