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

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

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

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

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.

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.

One does not question a miracle.