Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence.

Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.

In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.

Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be.

When I was writing 'The White Tiger' I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with back then. So I didn't have to do much research to find them.

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

I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.)