Quotes & Sayings About Manju

The world would be a better place if ... — Manju Kapur

After my 10th standard, my life took me into the world of cinema, but I never severed my ties with my love for reading. — Manju Warrier

I am in love with all the characters I have played. And it is impossible to choose the best. — Manju Warrier

I don't plan my roles or my films. — Manju Warrier

There was no aphrodisiac more powerful than talking, no seduction more effective than curiosity. — Manju Kapur

Nina could defend arranged marriages in her sleep, she had been asked about them so often. To her horror, she had even begun to sound like her mother. — Manju Kapur

Working with Rosshan Andrews has been wonderful. — Manju Warrier

I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer. — Manju Kapur

After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change. — Manju Warrier

Kate Boo's reporting is a form of kinship. Abdul and Manju and Kalu of Annawadi will not be forgotten. She leads us through their unknown world, her gift of language rising up like a delicate string of necessary lights. There are books that change the way you feel and see; this is one of them. If we receive the fiery spirit from which it was written, it ought to change much more than that. — Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

As immigrants fly across oceans they shed their old clothing because clothes maketh the man and new ones help ease the transition. Men's clothing has less international variations; the change is not so drastic. But those women who are not used to wearing western clothes find themselves in a dilemma. If they focus on integration, convenience and conformity they have to sacrifice habit, style and self-perception. — Manju Kapur

Feminism is small revolutions, every day — Manju Kapur

Dance is my passion. — Manju Warrier

Like most young Annawadians, the girls considered the caste obsession of their elders to be an irrelevant artifact. Manju and Meena had become friends because they both loved to dance, and stayed friends because they could keep each other's secrets. — Katherine Boo

For years, Asha had hoped that her daughter wouldn't guess about the men. Now she wished she had raised Manju to be worldly enough to understand. This wasn't about lust or being modern, though she knew that many first-class people slept around. Nor was it just about feeling loved and beautiful. This was about money and power. — Katherine Boo

When one was reinventing oneself, anywhere could be home. — Manju Kapur

Women should come forward to protect other woman, as only a woman can understand the problems of another one. — Manju Warrier

My life is studded with a series of coincidences. — Manju Warrier