3 Quotes & Sayings By Chandana Roy

Chandana Roy is an Indian author who has written award-winning novels, including the award-winning The Rickshaw Girl. She is also the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for her book Meghnadara (2004).

Everything is fair and possible in love, war, and politics.
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Everything is fair and possible in love, war, and politics. Chandana Roy
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She cannot escape marriage; it is her sacred Hindu duty, just as giving her away in marriage was her father’s sacred Hindu duty. Like Indian Independence, marriage is her ultimate ‘Tryst with Destiny, ’ and it is not in her hand to escape her preordained and compulsory fate. A marriageable daughter is the lowest common denominator in the giant scheme of things. Chandana Roy