The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
‘Because to fool a person, it appears, you have to first fool yourself. That is at the heart of all human influences.
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
The men never greet Ousep. They turn away, or become interested in the ground, or wipe their spectacles.
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
She walks towards him, her head bent, and when she raises her eyes they look with the incurable contempt that all Tamil maids have for men who are not film stars.
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
He opens his eyes looking totally stunned. He screams, ‘Shit, I am a cartoon.’
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
It seems odd to him that other men, the simple men, men who are not writers, they too can make their women laugh, make them glow.
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
I don’t want to see beauty. I am just another boy in Madras who wants to escape to America.’
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
‘No. That’s the whole point. That’s the way he was. He wanted others to do things, so that he could watch.’
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
resist. He walked with them, ate with them, sat on the steps of the Fatima
Manu Joseph • The Illicit Happiness Of Other People
It is a moment that has no meaning. It is as if the tired charade of human life with its great pursuits and history and wounds and deep convictions has collapsed, and the world has been suddenly revealed as a