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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.

Vikas Swarup

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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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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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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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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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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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A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.
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And I realized again that real life is different from reel 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 am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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One does not question a miracle.
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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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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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The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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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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The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard.
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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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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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Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives
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