It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.

Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content.

thought I was doing two things. One is inquiring into the phenomenon of revelation, if you are not a religious person. But, clearly, it's a sincere phenomenon.

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

There is a point beyond which conciliation looks like capitulation. I do not believe I passed that point, but others have thought otherwise.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

I'm a novelist. Fortunately I don't have to rule the world.