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It has always been very difficult for writers to survive commercially in India because the market was so small. But that's not true at all any more. It's one of the world's fastest growing and most vibrant markets for books, especially in English.

There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.

India lends itself well to fictionalization, but ultimately, it all depends on the writer's imagination.

I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.

If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them, they're going to have to finance them. If you let Hollywood do it, Hollywood is going to get it wrong most of the time.

The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.

I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.

I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.

I often find myself unsatisfied with books 'about' Indians because they are written from the viewpoint of non-Indians.

Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations.