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Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Might
Cater
Silly
Dear
Reader
Though
Wanted

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