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Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Love
Smooth
Rough
Make
Things

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