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I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Allergic
Intolerance
Particularly
Certainly
Subjects
Causes
Religious

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