Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things.

I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open

The book of your revolution sits in the pit of your belly, young Indian. Crap it out, and read. Instead of which, they're all sitting in front of color TVs and watching cricket and shampoo advertisements.

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

It has always been very difficult for writers to survive commercially in India because the market was so small. But that's not true at all any more. It's one of the world's fastest growing and most vibrant markets for books, especially in English.

I’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.

Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books