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Monsoon is an annual season of heavy rainfall throughout Southeast Asia. It usually lasts from May through September. Rainfall amounts can be measured in feet, and flooding is typical. Calcutta, the setting of “A Real Durwan,” receives some of the heaviest rainfall each season. As the story opens, Boori Ma loses her quilts to the beginning of the monsoon season. The rain continues intermittently throughout the remainder of the story, depriving Boori Ma of her precious private space on the rooftop of the apartment building.
Monsoon Quotes in A Real Durwan
The A Real Durwan quotes below are all either spoken by Monsoon or refer to Monsoon. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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A Real Durwan
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To occupy the time, Boori Ma retired to the rooftop. She shuffled along the parapets, but her hips were sore from sleeping on newspapers.
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Monsoon Term Timeline in A Real Durwan
The timeline below shows where the term Monsoon appears in A Real Durwan. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
A Real Durwan
...to grate meat from a coconut.” Today, her knee is swelling from the humidity of monsoon season, which makes her work that much more difficult.
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After she beats her quilts, Boori Ma returns to work. Shortly after, the monsoon rain begins, practically dissolving her quilts on the roof. As she cleans, she is comforted...
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...Boori Ma retreats to the roof, continuing to sleep on newspapers with long days of monsoon rain stretched in front of her. Mr. Dalal and Mrs. Dalal are yet to return,...
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