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I am neither a Bengali nor am...

I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

God made the human body like ...

God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

I am very interested in human...

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 35 quotes

Mumbai may not be my city. Bu...

Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

Just because someone has gone...

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

I am very interested in human...

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 35 quotes

I did not go to any creative ...

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

Knowledge is not just the pre...

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.

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I am the luckiest novelist in...

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 35 quotes

Twenty20 is cricket on speed....

Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

Indian writers have appropria...

Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

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I think mobility is very impo...

I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.

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Sometimes street knowledge ca...

Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

I get invited to many more li...

I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it.

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For me, the day job comes fir...

For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

I want to show that the under...

I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

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My first novel was a challeng...

My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.

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People don't just want a mind...

People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.

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All I can say is that I am no...

All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.

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I don't look at myself as a w...

I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller.

Vikas Swarup 35 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....