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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
Vikram Seth
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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
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Calcutta
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It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.
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