Jhumpa Lahiri

I find it really liberating to be in a place where I am a foreigner in every way. I've lived with this all my life - this divide, this bifurcation. And in Italy, I don't feel it. There's none of that tension, only the expectation I place on myself to speak the language well. I find it relaxing. Something drops away, and I observe.

American Author

Nicholas Kristof

One of my frustrations is that we in society generally have this bifurcation in how we see the world. That's probably a little less true with business audiences, but in general, there tends to be this view that for-profit companies are greedy, and nonprofits are noble. It's absolutely more complicated than that.

American Journalist

Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

My party was the only party that opposed the bifurcation of the state in Parliament, and I was suspended from the House along with the other MP from my party. TDP supported and voted for bifurcation, as did the Congress and BJP. Every party barring mine voted.

Indian Politician

William Irwin Thompson

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off.

American Philosopher

N. Chandrababu Naidu

People are disturbed and demoralised after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. It is my responsibility to protect their interests and show them a direction.

I was never consulted before the bifurcation. Injustice has been done to Andhra Pradesh, which had no revenues.

The only reason why I tied up with the BJP was that Andhra Pradesh wasn't done justice during the bifurcation.

Refers to actual pathways dividing, like roads or paths, not abstract ideas.

Physical Separation

Use 'bifurcation' when the separation creates a 'Y' shape, not just any division.

Literal Forking

Emphasize the exact location where the division begins, like a branching point.

Starting Point

Implies that each branch leads to a different outcome or place.

Two Destinations

Highlights the abrupt nature of change in the system's behavior.

Sudden Change

Specific to changes in behavior of complex systems, not simple ones.

System Dynamics

Use 'bifurcation' in biology when discussing branching of body parts, not general division.

Biology Specific

In biology, bifurcations usually signify a physiological function or purpose.

Functional Purpose

 But more importantly, for me to begin to understand who are the couples who have an erotic spark, what sustains desire, I had to go back to the original definition of eroticism, the mystical definition, and I went through it through a bifurcation by looking, actually, at trauma,

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 this already and there's kind of a bifurcation people had to choose between sort of fear and and an acceptance actually fear an indifference that kind of choose suspicion and when the vaccine appeared last winter there are a lot of

Bifurcation