I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you.

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

The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.

O Rakshas, everything is always all right in the end. If it isn't all right, then it isn't the end

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

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

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