5 Quotes by Ashish Khetarpal

If everything around us today is art, then we must either be blind or we ought to be so.

Often a weak enemy, mindful of his incapacity to reason his way to a truce, starts off by giving a putative warning; and then, without waiting for a white flag, lights the canon. In this manner–and in his heart–he feels much righteous for having carried out things in the most honourable way.

And this love does not limit itself to show obliquely when the child is a girl. I remember a mother who fed her daughter with so much of her milk that her breasts sagged so that those of her daughter may grow with sophistication.

In my country, our love for curtains is so incredible that we are bent on enjoying everything behind them. And just like we see no good in opening them, we tend as well to ignore the curtains drawn over our eyes.

Why did I cite these texts? Because otherwise I would be deemed madder than I already am. By whom? Well, first of all, by myself. How dare I propose amputation prior to indicating relevant signs of gangrene? Who am I to stand against thousands of years of culture and civilization? I can protect myself either in my madness or in actual evidence.