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
inspiration reading modern-india
I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.
firsts desperate closets
The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.
mind world interiors
The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
real different life-is
And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.
desire poverty wonder
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?
girl mother believe
I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
men judging action
Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives
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.
people want superstar
People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
writing people needs
I need to meet people to be able to write.
miracle doe
One does not question a miracle.
believe doors festivals
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.
challenges firsts novel
My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
school college doe
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.