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Question
Salman Rushdie, V. S. Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura are __________.
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Indian authors
immigrant authors
writers of Indian origin
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Solution
Salman Rushdie, V. S. Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura are immigrant authors.
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