"There is, remember, a habit of loving, and it includes in its generous scope all who come within physical range of its influence – all accustomed daily objects. Think of all that that may mean, Sita, in the long years when you no longer form an item in my immediate horizon. Think of it, and perhaps that will cure you of expecting too much.... Yes! the gods and fate have created you for my convenience and ministration; the only dignity which you can ever acquire will be incidental." (Love and Life 5)

Love and Life Behind the Purdah is Cornelia Sorabji's first and most well-known publication. Across the different stories that this short-story collection includes, Sorabji sheds some light on the status of Indian women through vividly depicted scenes and carefully tailored roles for both male and female characters.

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Year of Publication: 1901.