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> [“So now that began to develop into a full-fledged shouting match of its own, and all in all it was soon a full-scale old-style Bombay tamasha, with people watching from every balcony and window in every building, up and down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/so-now-that-began-to-develop-into-a-full-fledged-shouting-match-of/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

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## More by Vikram Chandra

> [And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/and-so-i-began-to-read-sorkar-said-and-at-first-the-complete-works/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [“What could my mother be to yours? What kin is my father to yours anyway? And how did you and I meet ever? But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/what-could-my-mother-be-to-yours-what-kin-is-my-father-to-yours/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [“Don’t worry. I won’t forgive you –’ Bashir Ali blanched ‘– because there’s nothing to forgive. We are both trapped, you on that side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/don-t-worry-i-won-t-forgive-you-bashir-ali-blanched-because-there-s/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [“Then what in your opinion is a good story?' 'What it's always been, monkey,' Ganesha said. 'One dhansu conflict. Some chaka-chak song and dance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/then-what-in-your-opinion-is-a-good-story-what-it-s-always-been/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [I was writing fiction steadily, but I found that the stark determinisms of code were a welcome relief from the ambiguities of literary narrative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/i-was-writing-fiction-steadily-but-i-found-that-the-stark/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [I think the first time you have to change code you’ve written previously, to add features or remove a bug, you realize that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/i-think-the-first-time-you-have-to-change-code-you-ve-written/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [“So now that began to develop into a full-fledged shouting match of its own, and all in all it was soon a full-scale old-style…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/so-now-that-began-to-develop-into-a-full-fledged-shouting-match-of/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [The world is a story we tell ourselves about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/the-world-is-a-story-we-tell-ourselves-about-the-world/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [“In this city, the rich had some room, and the middle class had less, and the poor had none.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/in-this-city-the-rich-had-some-room-and-the-middle-class-had-less-and/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [When you're a writer, sometimes you have to spend time poking at a part of yourself that normal, sane people leave alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/when-you-re-a-writer-sometimes-you-have-to-spend-time-poking-at-a/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [“if you want to live in the city you have to think ahead three turns, and look behind a lie to see the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/if-you-want-to-live-in-the-city-you-have-to-think-ahead-three-turns/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [“We may read the same texts, but the dhvani that manifests within you will be unique. Your beauty will be your own. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/we-may-read-the-same-texts-but-the-dhvani-that-manifests-within-you/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

> [Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we happy?' 'When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-chandra/ask-him-why-there-are-hypocrites-in-the-world-because-it-is-hard-to/)

[Vikram Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-chandra/)

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