Quote#Speech
She was very fair and there was an expression of weariness in the…
Quote byAmrita Sher-Gil · 1913–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sikh Heritage, Amrita Shergil, At the age of 12, her description of a bride at an Indian wedding..
English (original)
She was very fair and there was an expression of weariness in the lovely liquid dark eyes. Her little finely curved and red hued lips seemed like drooping rosebuds and were sealed as if it were in silence eternal....she seemed as if she guessed the cruel fate which had been meted out for her by the Rani and Rajah and her other rich but distant relations in whose hands she seemed a helpless toy.
— Amrita Sher-Gil
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