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"The outsiders is a beautifully written novel that weaves together two compelling stories across different times. Nita, a teacher from Kerala, moves to 1990s Dubai, leaving behind her son to chase a better life. While adjusting to life as an immigrant"
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"Picked up this book whilst travelling as the title appealed to me, it's also one of the few books that I have come across that is about the immigrant experience in Dubai.
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"A single mother and a schoolteacher in Kerala, Nita accepted a job as an English teacher in Dubai because she was desperate for money and desired to build a beautiful & content future for her son. She was aware of the impact this long distance would "
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"I can remember when I started this book I wasn't expecting it to be something impeccably beautiful. How could someone tell a story of migrants, their life, struggle, existential crisis that also blended with historical story and the outstanding part "
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“How quickly it is that things that we once wanted, we now feel only a distant pull for. Yet we give up so much for our treasures, like the silkworm pulling the thread out of her core, weaving the silk and dying at the same time.”
― Empire
― Empire
“Inside he can barely stand still from the ants crawling up his toes, ankles and shins. But stand still he must. He had arrived here intoxicated with the idea of bringing down a great city at midnight. It had been his father’s dream to ransack Nagapattinam, the jewel of the Indian Ocean. The promise of it had loomed out of the sea, like one of those tottering cakes made of flour and sugar served in his village at weddings.”
― Empire
― Empire
“later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
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i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
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