Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder… - Jhumpa Lahiri

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Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated.

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Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an Indian-American novelist, short story writer, and Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Birth Name: Nilanjana Sudeshna

Native Name: ঝুম্পা লাহিড়ী

Alternative Names: Jūmpā Lāhīrī • Nilanjana Svadeshna Lahiri • Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri • Jhumba Lahiri

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The future haunted but kept her alive; it remained her sustenance and also her predator.

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Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. - Jhumpa Lahiri

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