Every Indian kid has access to MySpace and Facebook. But that doesn't mean they have access to books and great teachers. This idea about bringing digital tech into schools is great, but once again I'll say that this is not how people actually learn.

I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

That's how I do this life sometimes by making the ordinary just like magic and just like a card trick and just like a mirror and just like disappearing. Every Indian learns how to be a magician and learns how to misdirect attention and the dark hand is always quicker than the white eye and no matter how close you get to my heart you will never find out my secrets and I'll never tell you and I'll never show you the same trick twice. I'm traveling heavy with illusions.

If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the book banners want to control what every child reads.