Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write. Vikas Swarup Read Quote
I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we’re all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother. Vikas Swarup Read Quote
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. Vikas Swarup Read Quote
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 Read Quote
India may be the soul of world cricket, but IPL is its commercial heart. Just as ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ changed the ground rules for quiz shows by injecting a massive dose of money into the equation, IPL has changed the dynamics of the cricket economy. Vikas Swarup Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi’s St Stephen’s. I am an Allahabad boy. Vikas Swarup Read Quote
Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted. Vikas Swarup Read Quote
