Pankaj Baunthiyal

“I was looking for the key for years
But the door was always open”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

“My whole life have been treated like a donkey. All I want is that one of mine - at least one - should live like a man.”
― Aravind Adiga

“The cosmetics that had seemed superfluous were necessary now, not to improve her but to define her somehow.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

“Eventually I took a square of white chocolate out of the box, and unwrapped it, and then I did something I had never done before. I put the chocolate in my mouth, letting it soften until the last possible moment, and then as I chewed it slowly, I prayed that Mr. Pirzada’s family was safe and sound. I had never prayed for anything before, had never been taught or told to, but I decided, given the circumstances, that it was something I should do. That night when I went to the bathroom I only pretended to brush my teeth, for I feared that I would somehow rinse the prayer out as well. I wet the brush and rearranged the tube of paste to prevent my parents from asking any questions, and fell asleep with sugar on my tongue.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies