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After the fire, when I'd tried to express my gratitude for their kindness to our customers, they'd been awkward, uncomfortable. My father had had to explain to me that giving thanks is not a common practice in India.'Then how do you know if people appreciated what you did?' I'd asked.'Do you really need to know?' my father had asked back.
After the fire, when I'd tried to express my gratitude for their kindness to our customers, they'd been awkward, uncomfortable. My father had had to explain to me that giving thanks is not a common practice in India.'Then how do you know if people appreciated what you did?' I'd asked.'Do you really need to know?' my father had asked back.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q2627089, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2627089 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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