Lahiri's debut short story collection, 'Interpreter of
Maladies (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and
her first novel, 'The Namesake' (2003), was adapted into the
popular film of the same name. In her recent 'Unaccustomed
Earth', Lahiri steps forward to a scrutiny of the fate of the
second generation immigrants and their children.
According to the columnist, a TMSS is someone "we
imagine having great conversations with, laughing with,
revelling in her success with, and getting drunk on her power
with. Where Maxim girls are purposefully brainless, we look at
a TMSS and say she's hot because she's smart and beautiful".
"And that's the challenge. Can a woman be independent,
creative, sharp, witty, strong, and self-empowering without
making me feel like she wants to be a man?"
Justifying placing Ivanovic on top, he said "Ivanovic
is the most beautiful female professional athlete of all time"
who studies finance online while she travels the world.
Image: Ana Ivanovic displays her trophy after defeating Russia's Dinara Safina in their women's final at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris in June 2008. Photograph: Regis Duvignau/Files/Reuters
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