I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publicatio n was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways.

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

The Divine is simply that which science has not yet explained. In effect, God = Infinity - Human Knowledge.

In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people.

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

Though it is very easy to do valuations, eyeballs and brand prominence surveys, you should never allow any of them to influence the balance sheet.