God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.

I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are born. Is an existence without desire very desirable? And is the poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself?

Global terror does not respect national boundaries.

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

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

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

One does not question a miracle.