I Am Not An Original

I Had Grown Up In A Privileged, Upper-caste Hindu Community; And Because My Father Worked For A Catholic Hospital, We Lived In A Prosperous Christian Neighborhood.

Neither You Nor I Speak English, But There Are Some Things That Can Be Said Only In English.

Too Much Of Indian Writing In English, It Seemed To Me, Consisted Of Middle-class People Writing About Other Middle-class People - And A Small Slice Of Life Being Passed Off As An Authentic Portrait Of The Country.

The Trustworthiness Of Servants Is The Basis Of The Entire Indian Economy.

Having Plenty Of Living Space Has To Be The Greatest Luxury In A City, And I Guess In Some Sense Bombay Is The Antithesis Of What Living In Canada Must Be.