I was born into a class that did not live in its native language. I was born into a city that feared its future, and trained me for emigration.

— Bharati Mukherjee A Four Hundred-Year-Old Woman" in The Writer on Her Work: New Essays in New Territory (1991)

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A Four Hundred-Year-Old Woman" in The Writer on Her Work: New Essays in New Territory (1991)

A Four Hundred-Year-Old Woman" in The Writer on Her Work: New Essays in New Territory (1991)

A Four Hundred-Year-Old Woman" in The Writer on Her Work: New Essays in New Territory (1991)

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