"I have been asked so many times, mostly by men, ‘Why don’t you write comedies, or plays that celebrate India?’…I tell…"

"It was not a one-off incident. It has happened over and over again since, and has just become more gory, more brutal.…"

"There’s a charge and immediacy to theatre that I don’t find in any other medium. It’s an artform in the present tense…"

"Raje hugged Shiva tightly and did not say a word. His tears drenched Shiva’s shoulders. Raje said, ‘Shiva, I hate wha…"

"Shiva struggled out of Raje’s embrace and said, ‘Raje, there are many people who cry when someone dies. But very few …"

"[It is] one of the fundamental tenets of Islam -- namely, to multiply the tribe."

"But wasn't this what Pakistan was supposed to be? After all, it came into being on the basis of the two-nation theory…"

"Feroze was furious, to say the least. He fought her with all means, through the press, via other politicians and face…"

"After the ceremony, Nehru and other Congress leaders addressed a mass meeting on the river bank. As the meeting ended…"

"...strengthen the bloc of Muslims states in the west of India, as together they will command allegiance of 80 million…"