He has a traditional shopper's DNA, an eye for freshness and appearance, and a consistent sense of a home to go back to. - Amit Chaudhuri

The gutters in the lane overflowed with an odd, languid grace. Water filled the lane; rose from ankle-deep to knee-deep. Insects swam in circles. Urchins splashed about haphazardly, while Saraswati returned from market with a shopping-bag in her hands; insects swam away to avoid this clumsy giant. Her wet footprints printing the floor of the house were as rich with possibility as the first footprint Crusoe found on his island.

Fantasists aren't natural readers. They grow restive easily.

I treat vegetarianism as a phase that might any second end without warning.