There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.

Vish, the creator; and Shiv, the destroyer, are simply two faces of the very same coin.

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.

I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.

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.

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

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.