In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

I simply wanted to state that during this little slice of history, this is what happened and these were the good sides of it, these were the more dangerous sides of it, and this was the result.

They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me.

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day.

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.