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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

Vikas Swarup

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Vikas Swarup
Age: 54
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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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 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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The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
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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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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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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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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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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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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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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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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives
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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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...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 want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
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One does not question a miracle.
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