Quote of the day
I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.
Anita Desai

Born: June 24, 1937 (age 87)
Bio: Anita Mazumdar Desai is an Indian novelist and the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Known for:
- Fasting, Feasting (1999)
- Clear Light of Day (1980)
- In Custody (1984)
- The Village by the Sea (1982)
- Baumgartner's Bombay (1988)