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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.

Vikas Swarup

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Vikas Swarup
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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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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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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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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 am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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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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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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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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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 need to meet people to be able to write.
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Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives
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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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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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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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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.
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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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