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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
Vikas Swarup
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Vikas Swarup
Age: 54
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One does not question a miracle.
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I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment.
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.
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I did not go to any creative writing workshop I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.
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Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.
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The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
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I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are born. Is an existence without desire very desirable? And is the poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself?
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I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it.
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God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.
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Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
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That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others
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I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.
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A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.
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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
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