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Vikram Seth b1952

Meridian Feature
4 October 1999 World Service
Vikram Seth talks about

	his view of himself as a poet, the poetic nature of his novels 1 min 56
	his love of music, his reasons for writing about music in An Equal Music 1 min 14
	portraying a true sense of place 1 min 18
	the expression of his own views and feelings in his books, why he studied philosophy, his wish to avoid too many didactic political messages 3 min 12

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	Vikram Seth Indian poet and novelist Author of the epic best-selling novel of postcolonial India, A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth was also acclaimed for the virtuoso novel in verse, The Golden Gate. Read more