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Sampath
Kulfi is Sampath’s and Pinky’s mother and the wife of Mr. Chawla. Her family line is known for their tendency towards unusual behavior, and Kulfi herself is no exception. When it became clear that Kulfi was just as odd as so many of her relatives, the rest of her family was desperate to arrange a marriage for her quickly, so they wouldn’t have to take care of her forever. This is how she married Mr. Chawla, who secretly finds Kulfi attractive but fails to understand her strange behavior and constant cravings. But Kulfi pays almost no attention to her husband, as her thoughts are absorbed by elaborate fantasies about food. Kulfi is the only other character who truly understands Sampath, as both of them feel drawn towards unusual lifestyles. During Sampath’s time living in a tree, Kulfi cooks elaborate meals for him and only him, emphasizing how the two of them seem to be on a different level of understanding than the other characters. In her own odd and affectionate ways, Kulfi serves as a reminder that Sampath isn’t the only one who yearns for something greater. Her charming strangeness helps to explain and validate Sampath’s unconventional choices.
Kulfi Quotes in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
The Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard quotes below are all either spoken by Kulfi or refer to Kulfi. 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 1
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Oddness, like aches and pains, fits of tears and lethargy, always made him uneasy and he had a fear of these uncomfortable, messy puddles of life, the sticky humanness of things. He intended to keep his own involvement with such matters to the minimum, making instead firm progress in the direction of cleanliness and order.
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Chapter 5
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He thought of Public Transport, of the Bureau of Statistics, of head massages, of socks and shoes, of interview strategies. Of never being left alone, of being unable to sleep and of his father talking and lecturing in the room below.
“No,” Sampath answered. His heart was big inside his chest. “No, I do not want an egg,” he said. “I want my freedom.”
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Chapter 7
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With a wife like this, and two children to look after and manage, Mr. Chawla grew more and more firmly established in his role as head of the family, and as this fitted his own idea of the way he ought to live, it gave him secret satisfaction despite all his complaining.
Chapter 8
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Whenever she saw him upon his cot, saw his face peeking from between the leaves, she was reminded of the day when he was born, his birth mingling in her memory with the wildest storm she had ever witnessed, with the arrival of famine relief and the silver miracle of rain. There, in the midst of the chaos, her son’s face had contained an exquisite peace, an absorption in a world other than the one he had been born into.
Chapter 17
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As it was, only those who managed to enclose themselves in their own worlds and disregard the battles going on managed to sleep at night.
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Kulfi Quotes in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
The Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard quotes below are all either spoken by Kulfi or refer to Kulfi. 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 1
Quotes
Oddness, like aches and pains, fits of tears and lethargy, always made him uneasy and he had a fear of these uncomfortable, messy puddles of life, the sticky humanness of things. He intended to keep his own involvement with such matters to the minimum, making instead firm progress in the direction of cleanliness and order.
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Chapter 5
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He thought of Public Transport, of the Bureau of Statistics, of head massages, of socks and shoes, of interview strategies. Of never being left alone, of being unable to sleep and of his father talking and lecturing in the room below.
“No,” Sampath answered. His heart was big inside his chest. “No, I do not want an egg,” he said. “I want my freedom.”
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Chapter 7
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With a wife like this, and two children to look after and manage, Mr. Chawla grew more and more firmly established in his role as head of the family, and as this fitted his own idea of the way he ought to live, it gave him secret satisfaction despite all his complaining.
Chapter 8
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Whenever she saw him upon his cot, saw his face peeking from between the leaves, she was reminded of the day when he was born, his birth mingling in her memory with the wildest storm she had ever witnessed, with the arrival of famine relief and the silver miracle of rain. There, in the midst of the chaos, her son’s face had contained an exquisite peace, an absorption in a world other than the one he had been born into.
Chapter 17
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As it was, only those who managed to enclose themselves in their own worlds and disregard the battles going on managed to sleep at night.
