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Abid Siddiqui
Deven’s father was a timid, sickly man who died when Deven was a child. He adored Urdu poetry—especially Nur’s work—and sparked Deven’s passion in the same subject. Still, Deven primarily views his father as a negative role model: he does not want to be weak-willed, fail at work, or disappoint his wife, just like his father did to his mother. Nevertheless, Deven’s life increasingly resembles his father’s over the course of the novel, as does his relationship with his son Manu, with whom he bonds over books.
Deven’s Father Quotes in In Custody
The In Custody quotes below are all either spoken by Deven’s Father or refer to Deven’s Father . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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The flock of parrots wheeled around, perhaps on finding the fields bare of grain, and returned to the tree above their heads, screaming and quarrelling as they settled amongst the thorns. One brilliant feather of spring green fluttered down through the air and fell at their feet in the grey clay. Deven bent to pick it up and presented it to his son who stuck it behind his ear in imitation of his schoolteacher with the pencil. “Look, now I’m masterji,” he screamed excitedly.
Yes, that was the climax of that brief halcyon passage. It was as if the evening star shone through at that moment, casting a small pale illumination upon Deven’s flattened grey world.
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Deven’s Father Quotes in In Custody
The In Custody quotes below are all either spoken by Deven’s Father or refer to Deven’s Father . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 4
Quotes
The flock of parrots wheeled around, perhaps on finding the fields bare of grain, and returned to the tree above their heads, screaming and quarrelling as they settled amongst the thorns. One brilliant feather of spring green fluttered down through the air and fell at their feet in the grey clay. Deven bent to pick it up and presented it to his son who stuck it behind his ear in imitation of his schoolteacher with the pencil. “Look, now I’m masterji,” he screamed excitedly.
Yes, that was the climax of that brief halcyon passage. It was as if the evening star shone through at that moment, casting a small pale illumination upon Deven’s flattened grey world.
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