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Failure doesn't bother me: Vikram Seth

Author Vikram Seth feels verse is instinctive and magic happens only once even as his next novel A Suitable Girl gets set to be launched.

He looks elsewhere. The entire time. Dishevelled hair and that peculiar permanent abandoned look. He is on the edge of the cliff while getting photographed.

He whispers, "Should I move two inches more?" He sounds serious. He also looks into the valley ruled and ruined by mist. There is silence.

An unstructured response is expected when

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