You've been a full-time writer for 45 years—was it different then from now?
What are the problems and pleasures of a professional writer?
Your advice to young writers?
Why isn't there more humour in Indian books?
Your ambition?
The person who influenced you?
The saddest moment in your life?
The book you wish you had written?
Alice in Wonderland
What do you hate most?
If you weren't a writer, you'd be...
