Vikas Swarup
Vikas Swarup
Vikas Swarup is an Indian writer and diplomat who is currently serving as the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India. He is best known as the author of the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionNovelist
CountryIndia
machines body obsolescence
God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.
despair better-life slums
The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
writing imagination 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.
rejection novelists world
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.
writing people needs
I need to meet people to be able to write.
writing giving way
Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
cities mumbai may
Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.