Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

It is the simplest fact of Indian life: there are too many Indians.

I'm a tourist, a glorified tourist. I'm not doing it to have a good time or to lie in the sun.

I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

When I'm writing, I like to travel alone. If you really want to find out about a place, you need to be as free as possible to be spontaneous. You also need to be lonely, because loneliness is a great teacher, too.