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“I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and economics together. I find them very irksome. Very difficult to like. They are privileged, but they don't want to talk about their privilege. It's difficult to find poetry amongst these people. Some sort of hidden spirit of beauty.”

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Sarnath Banerjee

Sarnath Banerjee is an Indian novelist born in 1972. His works are known for their profound emotions and rich imagination, which have won him a wide readership. more

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