I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.
For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
I need to meet people to be able to write.
Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
