“How could we have allowed the instinct bred within us over the centuries to draw lines and never cross them, an infinity of lines, ever-smaller lines, ever-sharper distinctions? I grieved for Didi's generation of "girls of good family," who put caste, duty and family reputation before self-indulgence.”
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Bharati Mukherjee was an Indian-American writer renowned for her exploration of themes such as immigration, identity, and cultural conflict. Born on July 27, 1940, in Kolkata, India, she passed away on January 28, 2017. Mukherjee's writing is characterized by its reflection of her own immigrant experience and her profound understanding of both Indian and American cultures. more