Also, I have to assume that readers are sophisticated enough to know that not every person in a community is the same, and so there are many people who would not force an abortion just because a fetus is female.
AKHIL SHARMAWhy do people always think hurting others is all right, as long as they hurt themselves as well?
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Certainly the details of our life are unique. Spending time thinking of how I am different from someone else, however, does not tend to be very productive.
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For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
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My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and I was constantly aware of how little I had managed to accomplish.
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Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind.
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Intern will resonate not only with doctors, but with anyone who has struggled with the grand question ‘What should I do with my life?’ In a voice of profound honesty and intelligence,
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One’s life completely changes based on the rain. After the monsoon, because the dust settles, one can see further and so it feels like one’s eyesight has improved or that one is living in a different country where there is more light.
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Certainly the details of our life are unique. Spending time thinking of how I am different from someone else, however, does not tend to be very productive.
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As a human being living one’s life, one is more open to relief when there is rain or the expectation of rain. That readiness for hope gets manifested in my stories and that of many other Indian writers.
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The babies have old souls and the old souls have to shrink to become little babies.
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My parents are deeply pious Hindus.
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We all become afraid. We all look at others and think these other people are more fortunate than us.
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Even within my stories, people hold opposing views.
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Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender.
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Ernest Hemingway has been the most important influence on me as a writer. But at a certain point as a writer,
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I tend to think that we are all pretty much alike. We all feel despair. We all have problems with relationships.
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