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Does the entry of Indian H-1B worker augur a change in the relations of production in the world of cybertechnology? No, but the presence of such workers - their skills and their histories - introduce contradictions into the system that are not always easily absorbed or dissolved.

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For some members of the radical Left, particularly in the West, people in developing countries are an ideological abstraction, on whom fantasies of liberation are projected from a comfortable distance.

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I'm generalizing wildly, but academic books find safety in explanations that reduce the chaos of social life.

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Like every other self-respecting academic, I'm distrustful of self-help books.

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With non-fiction, there is the struggle to be accurate. With fiction, it is a bit different: the desire to let imagination take you to new places.

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If India breaks your heart with untold inequalities, it also surprises you with the unheralded achievements of its most humble citizens.

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I didn't know V. S. Naipaul very well, and to a large extent, my acquaintance with him was limited to meetings at literary festivals.

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A character takes shape in the act of writing. You start with something, and you add or subtract.

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A long, negative review I wrote of Rushdie's novel 'Fury' earned me a rebuke from the writer: He told an administrator at the college where I teach, and who had invited Rushdie to come speak, that he wouldn't share the stage with me.

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We live in a cynical system where the powerful are able to exploit the demand of the aggressive few, from whichever religion or group, to bargain for more power or cynical advantage.

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Writer

Born: March 17th, 1963

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