msingh_desai

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

ch5

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

All I want to do is just have fun for once in my life! Ramu Bhai hasn’t visited in such a long time, it calls for a celebration!! But instead my get so much anger from my family.

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

ch4

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

I love my masi! She’s the best and treats me well, like an equal

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

ch3

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

I was so scared that my parents would hear me leaving the house but I just needed to escape.

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

ch2

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

All I want to do is just go to school but Mama and Papa want me to take care of Arun and give up my dreams

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"He withdraws quietly, going up to collect his suitcase and then finding his way out by the kitchen door, leaving her sitting on the porch with the box of tea on erh knees and the shawl around her shoulders" (228).

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

The lady is pleased with such simple things. She's kind and accepts them well. (Ch27)

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"'Melanie' Arun whispers, 'Melanie are you dead?'" (223).

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

Melanie, she's ruined herself. I'm not sure what's even wrong with her anymore (ch26)

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"He would like to disappear. He does not even want to glance in her direction"(213).

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

I wish to burn my eyes after seeing that old lady this morning. So horrifying. (ch25)

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"Arun is so startled that he steps backwarsd and flushes crimson"

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

If someone ever had the audacity to call an older woman pregnant in India they would be screamed at (ch24)

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"One can't tell what is more dangerous in this country, the pursuit of health or of sickness" (205)(ch23)

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

I've never met someone like Melanie. Her logic makes no sense to me. She eats sugars to become slim. Strange

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"He tries to picture baby Melane in the cart, but what he visualises is a baby monster with elephantine legs" (196).

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

It's as if they're all aliens. Complete strangers. Even their grocery store is strange. (ch22)

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"Arun sits in front of his bowl of dhal. He stares at it, nauseated" (194).

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

Nothing goes right here. I tried to make my own food and even that was a failure. (ch 21).

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

"In order to work, he has to move it to one corner and somehow ignore its presence" (188).

[msingh_desai @MsinghD]

Even the television here is strange. It also requires too much effort for me to actually want to use it. (ch 20)