„Heart Lamp“

„But Mehaboob Khan was a broken man. He found his brother’s every action, word, activity, everything to be artificial.“

„‚And tell her that after her talaq, see if she is able to get her younger sisters and her daughters married off.'“

„‚I came alone.‘ ‚Alone?‘ A chorus rose around her as she stayed standing at the threshold.“

Red Lungi

„Mehaboob Bi thought she understood what was happening a little; otherwise her head was all muddled. All was chaos.“

„(…) that he was quite the shokhi-lal (…)“

„He understood her weaknesses just as much as she knew his.“

„Doch wenigstens entdeckte ich, dass ein Mensch, der Dichter werden will, die Fähigkeit besitzen muss, gleichzeitig an verschiedene Dinge zu denken.“

«(…) stiess mit der Radschnauze das kleine weissgetünchte Tor am Ende des Parkes auf (…)»