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Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.

Aravind Adiga

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Aravind Adiga
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 23
Film Director
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Madras
Society
Good
Favours
Survives
Circulation
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I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.
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Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.
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