“Looking a dead insect in the sack of basmati that had come all the way from Dehra Dun, he almost wept with sorrow and marvel at its journey, which was tenderness for his own journey. In India almost nobody would be able to afford this rice, and you had to travel around the world to be able to eat such things where they were cheap enough that you could gobble them down without being rich; and when you got home to the place where they grew, you couldn't afford them anymore.” WorldWayEnoughHomeWould BeAbleRichJourneyGrewSorrowIndiaAround The WorldTendernessInsectsRiceBeing Rich Author:Kiran Desai
“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
“If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars.” IfsWayWritingStoriesLightSeemsNegativeIndiaLovelyVersionsSellingBeggarExoticPortraying Author:Kiran Desai
