"I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them." — Salman Rushdie

The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.

Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.

The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.

Sometimes I think that when people become famous, there's a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don't have feelings; they don't get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them.

Saya tumbuh dengan mencium buku dan roti.

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

Cruelty is not a literary value.

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.

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I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.