Traffic in the streets of Bombay is chaotic at best. Riding a bicycle is a dangerous occupation. However, there are hundreds of them on the streets competing with the cars and buses and lorries because it is the poor man's mode of transport.

World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps

Lately you are brooding too much about rights. Give up this dangerous habit.

I met my wife when we were both 19 or 20, at a music school where she was taking voice and piano lessons and I was doing classes in music theory and composition.

There didn't seem to her any harm in it, and the make-believe was so comforting.

You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.

In the end, it’s all a question of balance.