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I had forgotten how lyrically beautiful and tenderly relatable Jhumpa Lahiri’s prose is !
Hers was the first novel I ever read. Just into high-school I’d gotten a cheap paperback from one of the roadside vendors in Kolkata’s College Street. I didn’t realise it’s a pirated copy, too overjoyed at gotten something in under 100 rupees. With its flaky dull pages and non-aligned lines, began my reading journey.
— Sep 01, 2025 11:45PM
Hers was the first novel I ever read. Just into high-school I’d gotten a cheap paperback from one of the roadside vendors in Kolkata’s College Street. I didn’t realise it’s a pirated copy, too overjoyed at gotten something in under 100 rupees. With its flaky dull pages and non-aligned lines, began my reading journey.
