Q & A (novel)
Q & A was published in 2005 and is the first novel of Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup. It tells the rags to riches story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history. The book was loosely adapted into the multiple Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire, which features a new main character named Jamal and his brother Salim.
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Q & A was published in 2005 and is the first novel of Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup. It tells the rags to riches story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history. In 2008, the book was loosely adapted into the multiple Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire, which features a new main character named Jamal and his brother Salim. The idea for the story came from a report in a local newspaper, about children living in the Indian slums using mobile phones and the internet. At the end of the book, Shankar and Ram are married and Shankar is Swapna Devi’s unacknowledged son who has a speech defect and is a famous actress. He has a notebook full of pictures of his mother that he has drawn for his famous actress mother, Neelima Kumari. The book has sold translation rights in 43 languages, including Arabic, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Finnish, Slovenian, Croatian, Turkish, Icelandic, Chinese, Polish, Russian, Norwegian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Sinhala, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese and Portuguese. To sum up, his character is coined as young and childish, compared to Ram Mohammed Thomas.
“If a British army major can be accused of cheating, then an ignorant tiffin boy from the world’s biggest slum can definitely be accusing of cheating. ” ‘‘If a fortuneteller predicted that he would be more famous than his Bollywood idol, which spurred on his dreams, he is two years younger than Ram and very handsome, with a clear, musical voice. He also believes firmly in destiny.’ ’‘’’ ‘‘Ram’s name stands for three religions because it is unknown which religion his parents had. He is an orphan like Salim’ ’. ‘’’ ‘Ram is the only thing standing between him and the producers’ and police’ attempt to force a false confession, which would deprive him of the prize. ’’Ram is in love with Nita and uses a lucky coin that he uses when confronted with big decisions—but both sides are ‘heads’’ ‘’Ram is a very optimistic and realistic view of life’, says the author. ‘“He has the mind of a six-year-old boy and cries out out coherently for his mummy’ – he has a dream of being famous and famous, when he is delirious from rabies.” ‘”’ Ram is the son of a woman who is a prostitute, and she implores Ram not to kill her sister to him, so she implore Ram not kill her. ’
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