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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

Vikas Swarup

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Vikas Swarup
Age: 54
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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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Love doesn't happen in an instant. It creeps up on you and then it turns your life upside-down. It colours your waking moments and fills your dreams. You begin to walk on air and see life in brilliant new shades. But it also brings with it a sweet agony, a delicious torture.
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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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...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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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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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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My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar they want to connect more deeply.
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I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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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 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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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.
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God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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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 first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.
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