A Quote by Pankaj Mishra

It turns out that globalisation, while promising sameness through brand-name consumption, was fostering, through uneven economic growth, an intense feeling of difference.

Pankaj Mishra

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Pankaj Mishra
Indian - Novelist
Born: 1969

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