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“It's rare that you get to read, let alone teach, an arbitrary canon of your choosing in a tight time setting, and I tore through a fairly wide range of Indian writers, some contemporary - like Arundhati Roy and Salman Rushdie - and others older, like R.K. Narayan. And I think what happened at that stage was that I was forced to take a position in my own writing style that was more fixed, as opposed to reading a book at a time and defining myself in opposition to or in awe of it.”

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Karan Mahajan
Karan Mahajan

Karan Mahajan is an Indian-American author known for his deep exploration of social, political, and economic issues, particularly the impact of globalization on developing countries. His debut novel, 'The Association of Small Bombs,' received widespread acclaim. more

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