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  1. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala _ My Nine Lives: Chapters of a

    She explains that often the people who mean the most to us have to be left behind because they cannot follow us along our destined path.
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  2. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala _ Heat and Dust

    The girl was particularly indignant --not only about this watchman but about all the other people all over India. She said they were all dirty and dishonest. She had a very pretty, open, English face but when she said that it became mean and clenched, and I realised that the longer she stayed in India the more her face would become like that.
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  3. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala _ Heat and Dust

    The others, however, told their anecdotes with no moral comment whatsoever, even though they had to recount some hair-raising events. And not only did they keep completely cool, but they even had that little smile of tolerance, of affection, even enjoyment that Olivia was beginning to know well: like good parents, they all loved India whatever mischief she might be up to.
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  4. E.M. Forster _ A Passage to India

    And Aziz in an awful rage danced this way and that, not knowing what to do, and cried: "Down with the English anyhow. That's certain. Clear out, you fellows, double quick, I say. We may hate one another, but we hate you most. If I don't make you go, Ahmed will, Karim will, if it's flfty-flve hundred years we shall get rid of you, yes, we shall drive every blasted Englishman into the sea, and then "-he rode against him furiously- "and then," he concluded, half kissing him, "you and I shall be friends.
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  5. K. Hari Kumar _ When Strangers meet..

    Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His arrival to the Holy city. While 'Hussain' is a derivation of 'Hassan' that means 'GOOD' {I also owe this one to Khaled Hosseini}. That's how my favorite character in my debut novel 'When Strangers meet..' gets his name... HUSSAIN ANSARI, because he is the one who helps Jai realize the truth in the story and inspires his son, Arshad, to have FAITH in Allah.
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  6. Salman Rushdie _ Joseph Anton: A Memoir

    But then the subject turned to the spiritual life and Meg talked about her many visits to ashrams in India and her admiration for Swami Muktananda and Gurumayi. That got in the way, especially because he told her of his skepticism regarding the guru industry, and suggested she might profitably read Gita Mehta's book Karma Cola. "Why are you so cynical?" she asked him, as if she genuinely wanted to know the answer, and he said that if you grew up in India it was easy to conclude that these people were fakes. "Yes, of course there are lots of charlatans," she said, reasonably, "but can't you discriminate?" He shook his head sadly. "No," he said. "No, I can't." That was the end of their chat.
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  7. Salman Rushdie _ The Satanic Verses

    So India's problem turns out to be the world's problem. What happened in India has happened in God's name.The problem's name is God.
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  8. Salman Rushdie _ Midnight's Children

    ‎No people whose word for 'yesterday' is the same as their word for 'tomorrow' can be said to have a firm grip on the time.
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  9. Mindy Kaling _ Is Everyone Hanging Out

    In my entire life, I never once heard either of my parents say they were stressed. That was just not a phrase I grew up being allowed to say. That, and the concept of "Me time".
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  10. Tahir Shah _ Beyond The Devil's Teeth

    Back at the guest house I tried to acclimatise. A travel-worn adventurer had once told me that leaning with one's head dangling over the end of a bed was the best way to achieve this. It was while I was in this position, the blood rushing to my temples, that the door swung open.
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  11. Tahir Shah _ Beyond The Devil's Teeth

    Prideep pointed to the flames of paraffin lamps as they came alive in the distance and cackled in awe at the experience. {…} I was to discover that making tasty soup with one carrot, ten peas and a little dishwater, was his greatest skill. One wondered what the man would be capable of creating with a blender and a non-stick frying-pan.
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  12. Tahir Shah _ Beyond The Devil's Teeth

    Osman and Prideep had been in my employment for some weeks. Every Friday I would take the to lunch. It was the high point of their calender. During the meal I would harangue them as a reminder of what they had been hired for: but my orations never seemed to increase their output. I realised later that, in the East, a commitment to produce does not automatically accompany employment.
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