you must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if he does not clamour for his lif…

- Kamala Markandaya

Hope, and fear. Twin forces that tugged at us first in one direction and then in another, and which was the stronger no one could say. Of the latter …

- Kamala Markandaya

Sometimes at night I think that my husband is with me again, coming gently through the mists, and we are tranquil together. Then the morning comes, t…

- Kamala Markandaya

Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand.

- Kamala Markandaya

Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care, so long will i…

- Kamala Markandaya

To those who live by the land there must always come times of hardship, of fear and of hunger, even as there are years of plenty. This is one of the …

- Kamala Markandaya

For where shall a man turn who has no money? Where can he go? Wide, wide world, but as narrow as the coins in your hand. Like a tethered goat, so far…

- Kamala Markandaya