Krishma Tuli Arora Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Krishma Tuli Arora

“And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things #SouthAsianLit #IndianAuthors #WritingCommunity

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“Isolation offered its own form of companionship: the reliable silence of her rooms, the steadfast tranquility of the evenings. The promise that she would find things where she put them, that there would be no interruption, no surprise.” -Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland #SouthAsian

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“I am buoyant and expansive and uncontainable--but I always was so, only I never knew it!” ― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions #SouthAsianLit #IndianAuthors #WritingCommunity

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“If a woman crafted by the gods themselves could be consigned to this fate, what hope was there for a woman born of a woman?” ― Vaishnavi Patel, Kaikeyi #Desi #SouthAsianLit #WritingCommunity

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"the kindest words my father said to me women like you drown oceans." — Rupi Kaur, milk and honey #Punjabi #Desi #IndianAuthors #WritingCommunity

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“The immensity of the infinite unknown was formidable, but for that brief moment, she did not feel small. With her sisters and a warm drink and flickering firelight, she only felt. . . possibility.” ― Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things #SouthAsianAuthors

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"If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it." — Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance #SouthAsianAuthors #SouthAsianLit #WritingCommunity

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“Sikhs are warriors, she remembered telling a very young Maya, whose eyes glowed with this knowledge, frightening Kulwinder. ‘But girls must act like girls,’ she had added.” ― Balli Kaur Jaswal, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows #SikhAuthors #SikhLife

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"Not forever does the bulbul sing In balmy shades of bowers Not forever lasts the spring Nor ever blossom the flowers. Not forever reigneth joy, Sets the sun on days of bliss, Friendships not forever last They know not life, who know not this" -Khushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan

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From Ash to Ashes is a coming of age story, a story of a Sikh family, and the story of love and loss in a complicated world. I can’t wait for you to get your hands on it! https://t.co/msNCbYbPst https://t.co/OQUv2jil6W