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I was born in the south of India but I've never lived there. I went to school in Bombay, and in Hong Kong and in New York. But the place I've lived in the most is Bombay, because I've been there at various stages of my life.

— Jeet Thayil

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You've got to face facts and the fact is life is a joke, a fucking bad joke, or, no, a bad fucking joke.

Yet, this is a small price I have had to pay for seeking to uphold the freedom of speech and expression.

“Writing badly will make you ill.

You may lose something, but you gain a double perspective, a double vision. Especially in terms of writing, or in terms of art, I think it's tremendously useful.

It had people from all over the country and the world. The great thing about Bombay as a city was it was a magnet for anybody with talent, or ambition or hunger, or beauty, or intelligence.

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