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Maharani Latika
As a young, beautiful, wealthy Brahmin, Sheela Sharma is the toast of Jaipur society. Though Lakshmi arranges Sheela’s marriage to Ravi Singh, privately, she dislikes Sheela; she recalls “the ugly twist of Sheela’s mouth before she yanked her cousin’s pigtails,” and the “laziness” that allows her to throw away her natural gift for music. After Sheela bullies Malik, Radha and Sheela develop a rivalry. It is never clear if Sheela knows about the affair between Radha and Ravi, but at one point, Sheela elbows Radha in the face, suggesting she has at least heard rumors about her future spouse.
Sheela Sharma Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Sheela Sharma or refer to Sheela Sharma . 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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I licked the sweat off my upper lip. Had any of the household servants seen anything? Who knew what damage they could cause! My hands trembled as I grabbed a fistful of turquoise powder to fill the interior.
What could Radha have been thinking? We could so easily be replaced, but Sheela would always be the princess of this kingdom. I'd never had to teach Malik that; he understood the nuances of class and caste instinctively. He would never have compromised us.
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Sheela Sharma Quotes in The Henna Artist
The The Henna Artist quotes below are all either spoken by Sheela Sharma or refer to Sheela Sharma . 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
I licked the sweat off my upper lip. Had any of the household servants seen anything? Who knew what damage they could cause! My hands trembled as I grabbed a fistful of turquoise powder to fill the interior.
What could Radha have been thinking? We could so easily be replaced, but Sheela would always be the princess of this kingdom. I'd never had to teach Malik that; he understood the nuances of class and caste instinctively. He would never have compromised us.
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