Vikas Swarup
Slumdog reveals learning treasures
...themselves English, computing and maths, just a month after starting to use the PCs. The project inspired Vikas Swarup's Q&A, the novel that became the film Slumdog Millionaire. Like...
Wife of writer behind 'Slumdog Millionaire' exhibits art at Miele
Aparna Swarup, wife of diplomat Vikas Swarup, who wrote "Q & A," the original story behind Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," is showing her art in Tokyo. Born in Kanpur, India,...
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Mt. Diablo school board OKs $4 million in cuts, rejects charter school
...starting with Northgate High in Walnut Creek. Agreed to adopt the novel "Slumdog Millionaire" by Vikas Swarup in the district's 10th through 12th grade extended core literature...
Golden boy Rahman does it again with double Grammy
...year ago, Rahman's music for "Slumdog Millionaire", a screen adaptation of Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A", had propelled him to the record books as India's first...
Dream Catchers
...and shared the Oscar for Best Original Song with Gulzar for Jai Ho. Slumdog Millionaire, an adaptation of Vikas Swarup's novel Q & A, which swept 8 Academy Awards also got Resul Pookutty...
Vikas Swarup
...Ethiopia, Great Britain and South Africa, best known for his novels Q & A '' and ''Six Suspects. Vikas Swarup was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in a family of lawyers. He did his...
Storyteller of implausible success
...of Indian novels being made into movies by Western producers, except for period pieces," Swarup said. Swarup met with director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who...
Slumdog Q&A
...do you think of Slumdog Millionaire?" That morning Sagar had changed Swarup's interview schedule when she discovered he was returning to Japan, his present diplomatic posting, a day...
"Millionaire" broadcast in Britain. Swarup himself, descended from a family of lawyers in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, would appear to have little in common with his "slumdog" protagonist. But he suggested that "with empathy you can imagine what character's life and perspective would be like. That is what enables you to appropriate emotions that are beyond your domain."
Storyteller of implausible success The Japan Times: All Stories | 2 months ago
A Diplomat's Unlikely Rise to 'Slumdog' Acclaim
..."the kind of fantasy writing that gives fantasy writing a bad name. " Mr. Swarup was certainly stung by the criticisms, but said he understood the strong reactions. "Indians are...
Arts, Briefly: New Projects for 'Slumdog' Writers
...Group, said it acquired the United States rights for a new work by Vikas Swarup, whose novel "Q&A" provided the basis for the movie. Mr. Swarup's new novel, "Six Suspects," is about the...
FACTBOX: Five facts about Slumdog Millionaire
...Millionaire" was based partly on the novel "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup, India's deputy high commissioner to South Africa. Swarup penned the novel at the end of a diplomatic posting in...
The Oscars: sponsors reeling from recession find it's time to say goodbye to glitz
"intimate" location for its A-list gathering and recycling the decor from previous years' events. Vikas Swarup, who wrote the book on which Slumdog Millionaire was based, rejected...
