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I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for me the night before i left calcutta: spend two years studying creative writing at the iowa writers workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class.
-Bharati Mukherjee
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I Flew Into A Small Airport Surrounded

Bharati Mukherjee
I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for me the night before i left calcutta: spend two years studying creative writing at the iowa writers workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class.
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