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 very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

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.

The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.