"In a world that often tries to divide us, literature remains one of the last sacred spaces where we can live inside e…"

"Women are often harder on women than men are. They step into the shoes of men and adopt their own strategies to oppre…"

"I have also been writing about how the media often misrepresents Muslims. I once saw a misleading photo of an elderly…"

"Our culture teaches us, whether it be Hindu or Muslim or Christian or whether it may be Kannadiga or Tamil or Malayal…"

"My stories are about women – how religion, society, and politics demand unquestioning obedience from them, and in doi…"

"Isn’t he a man? Whether he is there, not there, whether he carries responsibilities, whether he neglects them, who's …"

"Material things had become priceless, and human beings worthless. Behind those material possessions, people's feeling…"

"If you were to build the world again, to create males and females again, do not be like an inexperienced potter. Come…"

"…next to home there is no place like Somerville"

"Dear Oxford—no other place can ever be to me what thou art!"