India has always desired resolution of all issues with Pakistan bilaterally through dialogue and peaceful means, it is Pakistan who has chosen to use terrorism as an instrument of state policy. And this visit shows that the international community is deeply concerned about its support to, and sponsorship of, terrorism.

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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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slums better-life despair

I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are born. Is an existence without desire very desirable? And is the poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself?

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poverty wonder desire

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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over-you mind dream

Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

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important sometimes book

The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.

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use brain hands

God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.

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obsolescence machines body

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

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creative imagination writing

My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.

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voice light book

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

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magic-realism realms bird

A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

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genre fit artist

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

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modern-india inspiration reading

People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.

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superstar want people

One does not question a miracle.

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miracle doe

You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment.

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smart cheer home

The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard.

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whiskey alcohol might

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

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monsoons rainy-day clouds

Love doesn't happen in an instant. It creeps up on you and then it turns your life upside-down. It colours your waking moments and fills your dreams. You begin to walk on air and see life in brilliant new shades. But it also brings with it a sweet agony, a delicious torture.

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air dream sweet

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

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kyoto style heart

The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.

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interiors mind world

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

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desperate notes firsts