In A Sense, Being A Full-time Writer

What Keeps India Safe Really Is The Heroism Of Millions Of Poor Indians Who Every Day Reject The Allure Of Terrorism. What Keeps India Safe Is Just The Courage Of Poor Indians, Not The Actions Of Its Government.

These Are The Three Main Diseases Of This Country, Sir: Typhoid, Cholera, And Election Fever. This Last One Is The Worst; It Makes People Talk And Talk About Things That They Have No Say In ... Would They Do It This Time? Would They Beat The Great Socialist And Win The Elections? Had They Raised Enough Money Of Their Own, And Bribed Enough Policemen, And Bought Enough Fingerprints Of Their Own, To Win? Like Eunuchs Discussing The Kama Sutra, The Voters Discuss The Elections In Laxmangarh.

Any Good Society Survives On A Circulation Of Favours.

In My Family, As In Most Middle-class Indian Families I Knew When I Was Growing Up, Science And Mathematics Were Held In Awe.

Like Most People Who Live In India, I Complain About Corruption, But Know That I Can Live With Corrupt Men. It Is The Honest Ones I Secretly Worry About.