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Vikas Swarup
Indian
Novelist
Am
Believe
First
Money
Myself
You
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Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense.
Vikas Swarup
Education
Wisdom
Knowledge
Sense
Someone
Had
He
Because
Does
Educated
Just
Common
Just Because
Formal
Formal Education
Common Sense
Mean
Elite
Preserve
Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
Vikas Swarup
Knowledge
Book
Sometimes
Important
Street
The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
Vikas Swarup
Life
Better
Despair
Slums
Better Life
Towards
Place
Working
Inhabitants
I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
Vikas Swarup
Angry
Birds
Addicted
Became
While
India may be the soul of world cricket, but IPL is its commercial heart. Just as 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' changed the ground rules for quiz shows by injecting a massive dose of money into the equation, IPL has changed the dynamics of the cricket economy.
Vikas Swarup
Soul
Heart
World
Money
Millionaire
Changed
Cricket
Rules
India
Economy
Massive
Equation
Commercial
May
Just
Quiz
Wants
Dynamics
Dose
Ground
Who
Shows
I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
Vikas Swarup
Time
Wonderful
World
Rejection
Slips
Slush
Had
Disappear
Piles
Am
Wonderful Time
Who
Manuscript
Luckiest
Novelist
Whose
Rejection Slips
It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no choice but to survive and move on. But it is the manner in which different cities respond to emergencies that sets them apart.
Vikas Swarup
Man
Natural
Made
Move On
Sets
Back
Respond
Cities
No Choice
Emergencies
Bounce
Genes
Disasters
Survive
Man-Made
Move
Different
Whether
Which
Suburbia
Apart
Them
To Survive
Manner
Choice
I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller.
Vikas Swarup
Myself
Writer
Look
Am
Storyteller
I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the 'Hindustan Times.'
Vikas Swarup
Daily
Reading
India
Emerging
Inspiration
Am
Very
Times
Get
Modern
Stories
Interested
Dose
I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
Vikas Swarup
Me
Mind
First
Important
Plot
Characters
See
Write
Takes
Like
Because
Surprise
End
Very
Get
Going
In The End
Which
While
Whole
Why
Fast
I'm the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched.
Vikas Swarup
Work
Believe
Those
Touched
Writers
Opposite
Cannot
Who
I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
Vikas Swarup
Birds
Magic
Unrealistic
Talk
Am
Where
Realism
Realm
The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
Vikas Swarup
Interior
World
Mind
Writer
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