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“India has sanctioned phenomenal injustices for years and years and years. And normalized it. There is no understanding of what it means to be born into a class that has been denied basic human dignity for generations and generations.”

Quote by Sarnath Banerjee

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Sarnath Banerjee
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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