“This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their hearts always in other places, their minds thinking about people elsewhere; they could never be in a single existence at one time. How wonderful it was going to be to have things otherwise.” PeopleThinkingWayMindHeartExistenceWonderfulGenerationsLeavingOur FamilyOne TimeElsewhereMind Thinking Author:Kiran Desai
“I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.” ThinkingDoeModernIndiaModern India Author:Kiran Desai
“I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.” ThinkingWritingDifferentLaw Author:Kiran Desai
“We think of immigration as a Western issue but, of course, it isn't.” ThinkingCoursesIssuesWesternImmigration Author:Kiran Desai
“I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I should write a cookbook' or, 'I should write for food magazines.' And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again.” ThinkingShouldWritingFictionCookingMagazinesKitchenNow And ThenWriting FictionCookbook Author:Kiran Desai
