In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely imp… - Kiran Desai

" "
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.

Kiran Desai

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.

All quotes from Kiran Desai Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Kiran Desai:

Zaynab Alkali Bharati Mukherjee Hortense Calisher E. B. White Maxine Hong Kingston

Additional quotes by Kiran Desai

New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans.

I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere

The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from and I am lucky to be part of it.

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, an… - Kiran Desai

About Kiran Desai

Additional quotes by Kiran Desai