I need to meet people to be able to write.

The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.

My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.

I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard.

Global terror does not respect national boundaries.