Sometimes We Hurt One Another Without Realizing

We Were To Equally Strong Types [with My Husband], Equally Pigheaded - Neither Of Us Wanted To Give In. And...i Like To Think Those Quarrels Made Us Better, That They Enlivened Our Life, Because Without Them We Would Have Had A Normal Life, Yes, But Banal And Boring.

I Don't Waste Time In Flowery Small Talk, As People Do In India.

Muslim Women Had To Go Out In Purdah, That Heavy Sheet That Covers Even The Eyes. Hindu Women Had To Go Out In The Doli, A Kind Of Closed Sedan Chair Like A Catafalque. My Mother Always Told Me About These Things With Bitterness And Rage.

The Indians And Pakistanis Are Literally Brothers.

You Say This Victory Is Dangerous. I Say That Today No One Can Yet Tell If It's Dangerous, That Today I Don't See The Risks You Mention. If, However, Those Risks Should Become Reality...i'll Act In Accordance With The New Reality.