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Which Quotes by Jhumpa Lahiri
- On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled,…
- When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story…
- The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.
- Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be…
- At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book,…
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