[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The World of Courtesans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973) › c10.58 # The World of Courtesans c10.58 The World of Courtesans c10.58 - **Language:** English ### [c10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.58) "What did you ask me? How can I abandon my style born of the babble of dialecticians. It savours of bullfights. It has been moulded by hundreds of verb roots that rattle like a ballista. How am I to give this the feel of the delicate curves of a woman? No wonder then that you are an orphan!'' - [Previous: c10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.57) - [Next: c10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.59) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.58) · Pramāṇa