“In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeop...” — Bharati Mukherjee Quote

“In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeopardize pedestrians can be lynched on the spot.”

“Through my fiction, I make mainstream readers see the new Americans as complex human beings, not as just 'The Other.'”

“As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive.”

“Children of domestic violence, of course, suffer terrible consequences.”

“We need to educate our young people about the dangers of gun violence and that there are real consequences for solving disputes with guns.”

“Midwest elections have consequences.”