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Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country.
Aravind Adiga
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Aravind Adiga
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 23
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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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I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.)
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Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
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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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