In a sense, journalism can be both helpful and detrimental to a writer of fiction because the kind of writing you need to do as a journalist is so different. It has to be clear, unambiguous, concise, and as a writer often you are trying to do things that are more ambiguous. I find that writing fiction is often an antidote to reading and writing too much journalism.

We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in.

Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free

A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop.

Inconvenience in progress, work is regretted.

What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What keeps India safe is just the courage of poor Indians, not the actions of its government.

Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.