I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

I need to meet people to be able to 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.

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

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

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

My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.