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He read because it gave him instant gratification in a way nothing else did, and, as was the case with all addicts, gratification was the important thing. He liked history, travel, anthropology, cookbooks (which he read in the same way as other books for pleasure); he liked books with specialized information.

— 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.

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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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