I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it.

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

Global terror does not respect national boundaries.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.

One does not question a miracle.

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