There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.

You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?

I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.