Vikas swarup biography for kids

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    Q&A fryst vatten the story of Ram, an 18-year-old waiter who won the grand prize in the game show “Who Wants to Win a Billion.” However, before this particular episode fryst vatten aired, he is arrested because he is believed to have cheated, as a simple waiter cannot possibly have known the answers to all 15 questions. The producers of the show reveal to the police that they are not ready to pay out the money because the script does not allow it, and so an interrogator tries to tortyr Ram. Just before he is ready to sign a confession letter, a female lawyer comes in and demands his release. He then stays with her and tells her the life stories which led to him knowing the answers to the questions in the game show.

    In “The Death of a Hero,” Ram and his friend Salim visit the cinema to watch a movie starring Salim’s hero Armaan Ali. About halfway through th

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    Q & A (novel)

    First novel by Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup

    Q & A is a novel written by Indian diplomatVikas Swarup and published in 2005. The novel is also Swarup's first novel work.[1] It tells the rags to riches story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history, only to be arrested and jailed on accusations that he cheated. His lawyer is the only thing standing between him and the producers' and police' attempt to force a false confession that would deprive him of the prize. The only way to prove his innocence is by sharing the episodes of his life and travels in India which explain where and how he learned the answers to the quiz show questions.

    The book was loosely adapted into the multiple Oscar-winning 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, which features a new main character named Jamal and his brother Salim.

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    Ram Mohammad Thomas: The main character who tells his life story to the lawye

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    Vikas Swarup

    Former Indian diplomat and author

    Vikas Swarup (born 22 June 1961)[7] is a retired Indian diplomat and writer. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 30 June 2021 and has previously served as High Commissioner of India in Canada and has been the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.[8] He was best known as the author of the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards.

    Swarup joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986 and served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Japan in various Indian diplomatic missions. His other novels are Six Suspects and The Accidental Apprentice. In April 2015, he was appointed as the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India to head its Pu