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“History was what had happened; class was something you read about in a book.”

Book:Odysseus Abroad

Source: Odysseus Abroad

“Class was what formed you, but didn’t travel to other cultures – it became invisible abroad. In foreign places, you were singled out by religion and race, but not class, which was more indecipherable than any other mother tongue. He’d learnt that not only were light, language, and weather contingent – class was too.”

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Book:Odysseus Abroad

Source: Odysseus Abroad

“Calcutta has still not recovered from history: people mourn the past, and abhor it deeply.”

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Book:Calcutta: Two Years in the City

Source: Calcutta: Two Years in the City

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