I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the … - Jhumpa Lahiri

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I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.

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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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Most people trusted in the future, assuming that their preferred version of it would unfold. Blindly planning for it, envisioning things that weren't the case. This was the working of the will. This was what gave the world purpose and direction. Not what was there but what was not.

She has the gift of accepting her life.

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

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