I need to meet people to be able to write.
Vikas Swarup
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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
Vikas Swarup
My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
Vikas Swarup
My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.
Vikas Swarup
I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are born. Is an existence without desire very desirable? And is the poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself?
Vikas Swarup
Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
Vikas Swarup
