What better hiding place than an old, woodlice-ridden album of photographs!

Where are the coconut trees bowing allegiance to the wind, the wide open spaces, the verdant green fields?

But he’s an untouchable, Shirin.’ ‘He’s my Untouchable Prince Charming, then. Only I am allowed to touch him.

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 here, people are complaining about the rain...

What am I doing here, Reena? Why am I dancing to the tunes of that old hag?’‘You are saving your family.

Sometimes, it is easier to leave things as they are, rather than to fight, go against the flow.

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?

Every family has secrets, Reena, and they’re there for a reason.

I wash the clothes, rinse them and then scrub them again. Will that square little box do that? I am not using any fancy machines when my hands will do.

You put cow dung on my face?’ ‘Every day religiously until you were three. Why else do you think your skin is so clear?

Don't talk to me.""Why not?""Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret...

Learning means bringing forth the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual knowledge, skills and values, that are already within us. Our learning starts as soon as we are born.

I don't do a lot of talking. I do a lot of doing. And really, it says more about a person than how much they talk.

Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.

The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman.

Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

...in the third epoch the divinity of man's creative nature is finally revealed and divine power becomes human power.

As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances of bizarre evolutionary gene expression.

Loving friends let kindness grow in their hearts, creating a oneness with their souls.

Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.