When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.
Anita DesaiIndia is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.
Anita DesaiWhat a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned riches, owned independence.
Anita Desai