- Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): I can sing too.
- Nandal (segment "Postmaster"): Is that so?
- Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): I can sing now if you like.
- [singing]
- Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): In the lonely forest, A little girl is crying, Calling for you, Tears drop from her eyes, In the lonely forest, A little girl is crying, Calling for you, Tears drop from her eyes, With a trembling voice, She keeps calling out, With a trembling voice, She keeps calling out, The girl is lost in the forest, And nobody hears her, Nobody answers her
- Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara"): [looking at a painting] That's my aunt. She was renowned for her beauty.
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): If I wore that much jewelry, I'd look just as beautiful.
- Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara"): [laughs] You're beautiful even without it.
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): So, you don't want to get me any more jewelry?
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): [singing] A plaintive tune rings out, A plaintive tune rings out, My heart is troubled, My heart is troubled, And I don't know why, A plaintive tune rings out, Like the scent of jasmine on the rough wind, In eager outpouring, Like the scent of jasmine on the rough wind, In eager outpouring, My heart is melancholy, My heart is melancholy, In the night of painful separation...
- Madhusudan (segment "Monihara"): You are leaving someone very dear to you. Don't you feel any regret?
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): I have one regret. If he gets the money, he said he'd bring me some jewelry. Now I won't get it.
- Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara"): You're the queen here. Do you know what kind of queen?
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): What kind?
- Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara"): A jute queen.
- Schoolmaster and narrator (segment "Monihara"): In matters of the heart, it's brute force, not meek reticence which really works. A woman prefers the harsher things, like sour green mango and hot chilies. A deer chooses the trunk of a hardwood tree to sharpen its antlers. It is not satisfied with the soft wood of the plantain tree.
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): Let's go.
- Madhusudan (segment "Monihara"): But your...
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): What?
- Madhusudan (segment "Monihara"): Where's your box?
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): What box?
- Madhusudan (segment "Monihara"): Your jewelry box.
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): I'm wearing all my jewelry. I dare anyone to take it off me while I'm alive.
- Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara"): Why are you always playing with your jewelry? People will think you're out of your mind.
- Manimalika (segment "Monihara"): What else is there for me to do? Tell me.
- Schoolmaster and narrator (segment "Monihara"): See this book? In the Saha mansion over there, a remarkable even occurred. I've written it down here.
- Hooded man: So you're a writer.
- Schoolmaster and narrator (segment "Monihara"): Yes, but how many people can appreciate my talent? They all believe I've smoked too much hashish. But they don't understand. The Ayurveda says that hashish can inspire the imagination.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): If you need anything, write to me and I'll come back. And if you show that you've accepted me, then I'll be very happy.
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): Do you know what people call her?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Crazy Girl.
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): Is she a girl or a boy?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Nice in what way?
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): In every way. She's nice-looking, a good housekeeper. She can sing and sew. What more do you want?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Will you just stand there? Or would you like to sit down here? Mrinmoyee?
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): You sit down.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): What if you get sleepy?
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): I'll sleep on the floor. I'm not used to a bed.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): There are lots of things we're not used to, but we have to get used to new things. As we grow older and circumstances change, we have to change with them. We have to change our old habits. Often it happens naturally. But if it doesn't, we have to make it happen. Sometimes it causes pain, but that pain...
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): Why have you locked me in?
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): I had a talk with the girl. I think I'll be able to make a woman out of her.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): That's your problem.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Listen, Mrinmoyee. You're married now.
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): I didn't marry anyone.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): All right, you didn't. I mean, you did, but you didn't want to. Anyway, you're a married woman now. Therefore - haven't you ever seen a bride before? Do they run around in the street? Do they play on swings and climb trees?
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): I do. I like it. It's my choice. Not everybody is the same.
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): She's the one I've chosen for you.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): What? Pooty?
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): Why are you always running around outside? Don't you feel any shame? Don't you know you have to be more modest at your age?
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): No.
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): Then start now. Such shamelessness won't work here.
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): What's wrong with her?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): What's right with her?
- Nistarini (segment "Samapti"): So, you're the only one who knows right from wrong?
- Haripada (segment "Samapti"): She's very energetic. She never sits still.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Shameless.
- Haripada (segment "Samapti"): Sir?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Little hussy.
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): My father never beat me. Never.
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): You think I'm going to beat you?
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): Why did you marry me?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Because, I wanted to, I suppose. Is that so wrong?
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): I don't have a choice in the matter?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): Is it marriage you don't like, or me?
- Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti"): Why must everybody force me? Am I a child?
- Amulya (segment "Samapti"): If you were a child, force would have been wrong. But you're not a child. At least, I don't think you are.