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Manu Agarwal
The elder maharani (queen) Indira is the wife of the late Madho Singh, a real-life maharaja (king) of Jaipur who ruled from 1880 to 1922. Madho Singh, working from the advice of an astrologer, refused to have any sons with his wife, instead preferring to have children with his concubines; his heir would ultimately be adopted. The absence of blood children is a lifelong source of “grief” for Indira, who compensates by showering attention on her plants, her parrot, and by abusing alcohol and opium. Though Lakshmi enjoys spending time with Indira she also notices how Indira’s gender and the rules of caste “imprison” her despite her wealth and status.
Maharani Indira Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Maharani Indira or refer to Maharani Indira . 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 7
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I understood the trauma mothers suffered when they lost their children to fever or malnutrition. I'd seen it often enough working with my saas. But to have a child taken away without your knowledge must have been another kind of torture.
Maharani Indira had reached the bottom of her deck. “The citizens of Jaipur may think we maharanis have power, but that couldn't be farther from the truth.” She picked up the pile of rejected cards and began to turn them over one by one.
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Maharani Indira Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Maharani Indira or refer to Maharani Indira . 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 7
Quotes
I understood the trauma mothers suffered when they lost their children to fever or malnutrition. I'd seen it often enough working with my saas. But to have a child taken away without your knowledge must have been another kind of torture.
Maharani Indira had reached the bottom of her deck. “The citizens of Jaipur may think we maharanis have power, but that couldn't be farther from the truth.” She picked up the pile of rejected cards and began to turn them over one by one.
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