[On her writing agenda:] Make the familiar exotic; the exotic familiar. BHARATI MUKHERJEE AgendasExoticWriting
I am aware of myself as a four-hundred-year-old woman, born in the captivity of a colonial, pre-industrial oral culture and living now as a contemporary New Yorker. BHARATI MUKHERJEE CaptivityFourYears
I’m sorry, this is too much work, I’m going to try applying for call center jobs. The pay is better.’ BHARATI MUKHERJEE BetterPaySorryWork