I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. - Anita Desai

She was the tree that grew in the centre of their lives and in whose shade they lived.”

Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.