"My grandfather always says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his h…"

"(What immigrant fiction has been the most important to you, both personally and as an inspiration for your own writin…"

"Books come to stand for various episodes in our lives, for certain idealisms, follies of belief, moments of love. Alo…"

"Surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure place, a person, a s…"

"I'm amazed at how fast the interest has grown in writing in English by writers of South Asian origin, whether they're…"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."

"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."

"Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and…"

"They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free."