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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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...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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My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.
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God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.
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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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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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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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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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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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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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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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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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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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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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The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
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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.
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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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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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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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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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