Anita Desai Quotes

Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better.

Anita Desai

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 24, 1937

Topics

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I prefer to solve conflict with kindness. That's my first approach. If that doesn't work, there's always the alternative. I'm from Israel. I can tell a person what I think if I have to!

Anat Cohen

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You don't say no to a Shankar film.

Amy Jackson

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It's my job to be ridiculous.

Stromae

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From our research experience in discovering artemisinin, we learned the strengths of both Chinese and Western medicine. There is great potential for future advances if these strengths can be fully integrated.

Tu Youyou

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Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles.

Jasper Carrott

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I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

Don Nickles

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Yeah, I like to gamble.

Chazz Palminteri

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I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed.

Christine Lahti

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Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda.

Antony Beevor

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For as privileged an actor as I have been, TV as a standard is short shrift. They have to do it so quickly that they don't stop and take a look. They just shoot. So that's one of the reasons I typically stay away from it. I think art is an act of consideration, and if you're not considering, I don't think you're really doing mankind a favor.

William Hurt

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The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.

Sydney Smith

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For me, it is clear that when it comes to the need of Israel to defend itself, the role of the United States of America is crucial.

Tzipi Livni

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