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A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty.

Bharati Mukherjee

What was the function of poetry if not to improve the petty, cautious minds of evasive children?
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Children Mind Poetry
My first novel, ‘The Tiger’s Daughter,’ embodies the loneliness I felt but could not acknowledge, even to myself, as I negotiated the no man’s land between the country of my past and the continent of my present.
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Country Daughter Mother
Through my fiction, I make mainstream readers see the new Americans as complex human beings, not as just The Other.
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Fiction Mainstream Reader
In the context of lost causes, Mother Teresa took on battles she knew she could win. Taken together, it seems to me, the criticisms of her work do not undermine or topple her overall achievement.
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Battles Criticisms Mother Overall Toppel
In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeopardize pedestrians can be lynched on the spot.
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Inattention India Real
Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere rules. Without rules, there was only anarchy.
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Growing Running School Up
The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel path between manicured lawns.
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Childhood Mother Two
Ancestral habits of mind can be constricting; they also confer one’s individuality.
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Individuality Mind Roots
I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money.
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Couple Growing Notebook Up
My life has gotten a little more complicated than my ability to describe it. That used to be the definition of madness, now it’s just continuous overload.
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Definitions Littles Madness
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.
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Citizens Government Mean
I’m sorry, this is too much work, I’m going to try applying for call center jobs. The pay is better.’
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Better Pay Sorry Work
You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City from Calcutta that suddenly I could be a new person . . . What America offers me is romanticism and hope . . . Suddenly, I found myself in a country where
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Cities Country Iowa
Spend two years studying creative writing at the Iowa Writers Workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class.
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Back Caste Class Home Selected Studying
A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty.
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Farmers Farming Modesty
What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire?
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Duty Inspire Teacher Teaching

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