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I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Seem
Accumulating
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Accumulation
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Nostalgia
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Novelists
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Writing
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