Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.

I think the book is less emotional than the film. With the film, the emotions are much more raw and in front. In the book, they are kind of ironized and seen through comedy.

English, no longer an English language, now grows from many roots.

The problem's name is God.