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In 'Bombay-London-New York,' I speak of the ways in which the 'soft' emotion of nostalgia is turned into the 'hard' emotion of fundamentalism.

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Neither the writer nor the reader can save the world by themselves. Or escape it entirely.

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Writing gives me the license to go, explore, and learn about the world.

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My favourite writer is John Maxwell Coetzee.

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Our public culture is one in which only the young and the beautiful will succeed. If you're forty, you're finished.

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A writer can be subjective, even digressive, or introspective and certainly judgmental. This is a simplification, of course, but as a general rule, it holds true.

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Hindi writing, as well as Hindi journalism, is a great gift to Indian writing.

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The thing about good art is that it makes you look at things in a new way.

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I don't think any writer is a friend to the reader if he or she is not funny.

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I have to tell you, when I hear the song 'Jiya ho Bihar ke Lala,' I want to throw the history books out of the window and dance!

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Writer

Born: March 17th, 1963

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