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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Thinking
Banyan
Like
Multi
Rooted
Tree
Possible
Rather
Without
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