As a writer, I am constantly aware that I take my life in my hands with everything I do and say. It's just a fact of life. For me it always has been.
I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.
There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It's hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started.
Migration isn't a one-directional process; it's a colossal process that has been happening in all directions for thousands of years.
I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.
Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.
