Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth CBEis an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has received several awards including Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth20 June 1952
CountryIndia
temptation spite indian
In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
dream drinking california
I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of all this restlessness? I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.
music-is be-good
Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
religious causes intolerance
I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
couple eye naps
My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?
order laziness needs
I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
language should novel
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
imagination music-love competent
I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
book strive admirer
Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.
writing listening-to-music bother
I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.
ask hold key rather singing tune
Basically, my mother couldn't hold a tune and when I was a baby, a rather tactless baby, I would ask her not to sing... you can't get to sleep if someone is singing off key nearby.
amount certain less pressure rather talk
I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.
thinking persons
Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.
thinking world goodness
I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.