Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood?

When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.