Oral storytelling goes back so long ago, and those stories that were told orally were always layered and changed with time.

In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.

It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come after a bad day, I can decide that my protagonist will die on page 100 of my novel in a 350-page story.

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

After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.

I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.

I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving language where new words are being added to the dictionary, so I don't see any harm in experimenting with the language. Only poor editing standards need to be improved.