Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a century. They resent with equal ferocity the reflex stereotyping that labels any civic dysfunction anywhere in the world 'another Calcutta.'
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"Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a century. They resent with equal ferocity the reflex stereotyping that labels any civic dysfunction anywhere in the world 'another Calcutta.'" — Bharati Mukherjee #deathmortality #politicsgovernment
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Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a century. They resent with equal ferocity the reflex stereotyping that labels any civic dysfunction anywhere in the world 'another Calcutta.' — Bharati Mukherjee
About Bharati Mukherjee
Bharati Mukherjee was a Writer from United States (1940–2017).
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This quote is attributed to Bharati Mukherjee, a Writer from United States.
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Bharati Mukherjee lived from 1940 – 2017.
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