“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 Family 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 India 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… — Renita D'Silva Autumn Copy Share Image
“What better hiding place than an old, woodlice-ridden album of photographs!” — Renita D'Silva Hiding place 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 India Copy Share Image
“Where are the coconut trees bowing allegiance to the wind, the wide open spaces, the verdant green fields?” — Renita D'Silva India Copy Share Image
“What use is status if you have no one to share it with, Dad?” — Renita D'Silva Indian Copy Share Image
“Every family has secrets, Reena, and they’re there for a reason.” — Renita D'Silva Family Copy Share Image
“You are a girl, Shirin. Girls don’t run around naked.’‘Why?’‘They just don’t.” — Renita D'Silva India 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… — Renita D'Silva Hinduism 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… — Renita D'Silva India Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, it is easier to leave things as they are, rather than to fight, go against the flow.” — Renita D'Silva India 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 Books 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 Every day 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 India Copy Share Image
“I wash the clothes, rinse them and then scrub them again. Will that square little box do that? I am not using… — Renita D'Silva Computers 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 India Copy Share Image
