Zeeny

"Zeeny," he said, "the earth is full of Indians, you know that, we get everywhere, we become tinkers in Australia and our heads end up in Idi Amin's fridge.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

Zeeny fell silent as the two of them climbed the six stairs to the front door, where they were greeted by a composed and ancient bearer in white, brass-buttoned livery, whose shock of white hair Chamcha suddenly recognized, by translating it back into black, as the mane of that same Vallabh who had presided over the house as its major-domo in the Olden Days.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

CPI (M) observers reported an unbroken chain of men and women linking hands from top to bottom of the city, and Salahuddin, standing between Zeeny and Bhupen on Muhammad Ali Road, could not deny the power of the image.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

Zeeny, recalling the treatment of the Kerala chain, had forecast this deafening silence as she and Salahuddin walked home.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

"Trouble with Bhupen's radical critiques," Zeeny had remarked, "is that reactionaries like Salad baba here just love to lap them up."

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

At first it would be Zeeny who visited him, her shade, and then after a time there was nobody at all.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

"You poor potato," Zeeny gasped between peals of laughter.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

"Mummified," Zeeny said, voicing the unspeakable as usual.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

Zeeny was the first Indian woman he had ever made love to.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

Changez, Zeeny, Vallabh, Kasturba remained motionless and silent until Saladin Chamcha came to a flushed, embarrassed halt.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967