‘The Girl with The Seven Lives’ – ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ novel writer Vikas Swarup on his latest book… (Instagram Reel) JLF London 2024 wrap

NOVELIST and now retired Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup, the man behind the original story of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (in ‘Q&A’) tells us about his next book ‘The Girl With The Seven Lives‘ which comes out on July 15, in India.
It has an absolutely cracking opening – watch him talk about the opening of this new title, which is already drawing close parallels to Slumdog.
This interview wraps all our coverage from this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival (London) at the British Library (June 7-9) –

What sort of coverage would you like to see from book/literature festivals ? editor@asianculturevulture.com

1. Author interviews like this and Mishal Husain – or longer in print on www.asianculturevulture.com…
2. Bullet point summaries of the day and many sessions (like Day 3 and 1 story) – http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/jaipur-literature-festival-jlf-at-the-british-library-laughs-wise-reflections-and-uplifting-music-both-indian-and-western/
3. Or more about each session or one or two but in story form such as here – http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/jlf-london-2024-day-2-how-the-west-made-itself-mughal-princess-diaries-museums-curiousity-and-bengali-short-fiction/