Because Quote by Vikas Swarup

“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.”

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The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

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That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

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“You must never take a direct route to your destination.”

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The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing…

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“There is some pleasure even in pain. A sweet ecstasy.”

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“It's a basic rule of human nature that the promise of unexpected wealth short-circuits both intelligence and common sense.”

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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

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“The city may have chosen to ignore the ugly growth of Dharavi, but a cancer cannot be stopped simply by being declared illegal. It…

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