She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to …

Arundhati Roy
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She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.28, Penguin Books India
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She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.28, Penguin Books India

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