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Kanta’s Saas
Hazi is a Muslim dancer, henna artist, and courtesan (high-class escort). She and Nasreen take Lakshmi in when she arrives in Agra. Over the course of their friendship, Hazi entertains Lakshmi with her stories of far-off places, teaches her how to do henna, and even eventually introduces her to Samir.
Hazi Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Hazi or refer to Hazi. 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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So when it came time to design the floor of my house, I created a pattern as complex as the henna I had painted on those women's bodies, delighting in the knowledge that its meaning was known only to me.
The saffron flowers represent its sterility. Incapable of producing seed as I had proved incapable of producing children. The Ashoka lion, like the icon of our new Republic, a symbol of my ambition. I wanted more, always, for what my hands could accomplish, what my wits could achieve—more than my parents had thought possible. The fine work beneath my feet required the skill of artisans who worked exclusively for the palace. All financed by the painstaking preparations of my charmed oils, lotions, henna paste and, most importantly, the herb sachets I supplied Samir.
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Hazi Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Hazi or refer to Hazi. 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 2
Quotes
So when it came time to design the floor of my house, I created a pattern as complex as the henna I had painted on those women's bodies, delighting in the knowledge that its meaning was known only to me.
The saffron flowers represent its sterility. Incapable of producing seed as I had proved incapable of producing children. The Ashoka lion, like the icon of our new Republic, a symbol of my ambition. I wanted more, always, for what my hands could accomplish, what my wits could achieve—more than my parents had thought possible. The fine work beneath my feet required the skill of artisans who worked exclusively for the palace. All financed by the painstaking preparations of my charmed oils, lotions, henna paste and, most importantly, the herb sachets I supplied Samir.
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