I don’t adhere to a set schedule. What works for me is to simply start writing. Once I start, the ideas flow and I tend to get very absorbed in them so much so that I start to lose track of time. I have been asked to leave a few coffee shops because it was their closing time and I obviously wasn’t allowed to spend the night there.

Yes. But so far, it hasn’t lasted more than a few days. What works for me is that I start to play the situation in my mind and see where it goes. I would fantasise about the characters during the day and dream about them at night. Mostly, I would wake up in the middle of the night knowing exactly where the story needs to go and then start writing.

I write because I feel I have a unique take on any particular situation or phenomenon. Writing it down crystallises my theory even better. When my readers come and tell me that my writing tickled their funny bone or that they saw things from a new perspective, it becomes an inspiring moment of self-realisation. That is what fuels my writing.

Surprisingly, not much. I would generally start with a cup of coffee when I first sit down to write. But soon, I will become completely absorbed in my writing and conveniently forget about the coffee.

My favourite author would be Fyodor Dostoevsky. I would recommend The Idiot by him to all. There are other specific works that I also like The Outsider by Albert Camus, English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

There are a lot of books out there and I am limited by time. So I have to choose and as a result, I have ended up reading mostly high-quality fiction. If there is a bad book, it hasn’t reached me yet.

English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee. It is an absolutely fantastic book, Booker Prize material.

The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton.