You can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet.

Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free

The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy.

When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.

Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.

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.

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe.