Vikram Seth spurred bank job to write 'A Suitable Boy'
Vikram Seth could have been a World Bank-er. Instead, he wrote his acclaimed novel after asking his parents to fund a few years of his life.

His solution was that they support him instead. He argued since they did not pay for his education, they support him for three years. Those three years turned into seven. But the Seths aren"t complaining. The result was A Suitable Boy.
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