Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we happy?' 'When we desire nothing and realize that possession is only momentary, and so are forever playing.' 'What… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“What could my mother be to yours? What kin is my father to yours anyway? And how did you and I meet ever? But… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“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… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“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.… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
I was writing fiction steadily, but I found that the stark determinisms of code were a welcome relief from the ambiguities of literary narrative. — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
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… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“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… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“In this city, the rich had some room, and the middle class had less, and the poor had none.” — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, sometimes you have to spend time poking at a part of yourself that normal, sane people leave alone. — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“if you want to live in the city you have to think ahead three turns, and look behind a lie to see the truth… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“We may read the same texts, but the dhvani that manifests within you will be unique. Your beauty will be your own. If you… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
