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If we were in India now, there would be servants standing in the corners of this room and I wouldn't notice them. That is what my society is like, that is what the divide is like.
If we were in India now, there would be servants standing in the corners of this room and I wouldn't notice them. That is what my society is like, that is what the divide is like.
Approximate author period: c. 2008 AD · contemporary
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- Aravind Adiga
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- Approximate author period: c. 2008 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for Aravind Adiga: documented activity in 2008. Wikidata Q296299, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296299 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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