"In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time."
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Novelists from the United StatesNovelists from IndiaBooker Prize winnersHindus from the United StatesPeople from New Delhi
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Kiran Desai on the Costs Of Literary Celebrity (April 21, 2007) by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, The Wall Street Journal
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