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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
Novelists
Seems
Wander
Sometimes
Material
Writing
Merely
World
Materials
Accumulating
Seem
Accumulation
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