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Upamanyu Chatterjee (Bengali: উপমন্যু চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (born 1959) is an Indian civil servant who currently serves as Joint Secretary to Government of India on the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board. He is a 1983 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from Maharashtra Cadre.

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Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.

Dark, Dreadful, Fuss, Looks, Mean, Time

We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity.

Alone, Ambition, Men, Peace, People

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.

Come, Heartbroken, Mean, Sound, Terribly

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

Airport, Airports, Paper, Pen, Writing

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

Comedy, Larger, Richer

Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.

Delhi, Horrible, Knows

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

Know, Knows, Language, Languages, Terrorist

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

Hassle, Hassles, Headache, Money, More Money

I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.

Book, Depth, Hero, Saxena, Writing

Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?

Channels, Differences, Join, Lying, Things, Two Worlds

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

Book, Books, Thinking, Time, Writing, Wrote

People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

Bombs, Cultural, People, Should Have, Taste

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

Amidst, Being Free, Clutter, Living, Splendour

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

Absurdities, Absurdity, Home, India