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| | Lesser Breeds by Nayantara Sahgal |
 | | And now, after eight years, comes a tenth, Lesser Breeds, a work on non-violence and politics, on the discrimination that spearates the ruled from the rulers, women from men and Hindus from Muslims. |
 | | When an idea took me, or an atmosphere or a character or a trigger of some kind I just began to write." The canvas of the book is vast — sweeping from Akbarabad to Bombay to an island called America. |
 | | Sahgal has had this to say about her writing: "I had no plans to become a writer, I happened to write my recollection of my childhood during the freedom movement, called Prison and Chocolate cake. |
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