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One does not question a miracle.

Vikas Swarup

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Vikas Swarup
Age: 54
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.
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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 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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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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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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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 became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.
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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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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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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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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
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