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Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World
By
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7539-5
Publication date:
2015
In this personal essay, the author witnesses a newborn baby’s struggle for survival in a clinic in Patna. This experience and similar others is used to discuss the pressing issue of poverty and dire health-care conditions in the author’s birthplace. The essay is also a meditation on home.
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