Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?

Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.

Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free

India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world.

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

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the west, it is important that writers like me try to highlight the brutal injustices of society.