"Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was……" — Aravind Adiga
"Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India."
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55 Quotes by Aravind Adiga
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Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.
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The coop is guarded from the inside.
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