Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'

My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year.

Winning an award is a great feeling but winning the Vodafone Crossword Popular Choice Award is particularly exhilarating because it is based upon public voting. I find it a strange quirk of fate that Chanakya's Chant, a political tale, should end up winning an election!

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 want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'

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

Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you in motion but gets you nowhere