In Terms Of Formal Education, I May

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

The Moment You Recognize What Is Beautiful In This World, You Stop Being A Slave

I Am Not An Original Thinker-but I Am An Original Listener.)

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.

Mangalore, The Coastal Indian Town Where I Lived Until I Was Almost 16, Is Now A Booming City Of Malls And Call-centres. But, In The 1980s, It Was A Provincial Town In A Socialist Country.