People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.

What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned riches, owned independence.

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

People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.

The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still.

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.

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.