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MORE QUESTIONS

1

"The world will never starve for want of wonders, but only for want of wonder."

 

 

What is the meaning of G.K. Chesterton's words that are inscribed at the beginning of the book?

 

Is it just a clever play on words or does the line reveal new levels of meaning on each reading?

 

Does our world lack wonders?

 

2

"Be still. Remember my name. It is the label that is attached to me. It is the one thread that is sewn through this entire story – it is only the stitching that changes. The want is the thing that drives us. Trust me: I have a story to tell."

 

 

Looking back at the opening pages, why did Vishesh start by telling us to remember his name? What does he mean when he says the want is the thing that drives us?

3

"The traveller has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and he has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end."

 

 

This is one of the opening quotations in the book, the words of Rabindranath Tagore. How do these words relate to the journey of Vishesh Darshane?

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