terrorism is interesting to a novelist because it's a crime that's driven by an idea, as opposed to some kind of base materialist impulse. It's not like stealing from someone's house, or even assassinating someone. There are very complex ideological… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
There's no way of preventing the media from covering attacks as huge events and until the media stops doing that, they will be huge in people's consciousness, and we have to treat these things differently from the smaller random acts… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
When we talk about 9/11 and 26/11 - which is the shorthand for the Mumbai attacks in 2008 - we're talking about the most… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
I'm more interested than Philip Roth in understanding women, even if I do it imperfectly. But that book, Portnoy's Complaint, is literary punk in… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
You can say that a small attack is one in which relatively few people die, but the minute you say that, you can sense… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
There's a hustling, but also a self-centred vibe you can get from people in Delhi. — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
I think Indians will pick up on a lot of the direct commentary on Delhi, which Americans will obviously miss, while Americans might get… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
In Delhi, where I grew up, commerce is brusque. You don't ask each other how your day has been. You might not even smile.… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
In some ways, the best novel about terrorism, though it's not a novel, is 'The Looming Tower' by Lawrence Wright or 'Perfect Soldiers' by… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
Literature has become too psychological. We discount the physical, when in fact much of life is physical. People's personalities are partly formed by, or… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
When more Chinese started coming after the Gold Rush, employed on large projects like the Pacific Railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment became shrill. — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
“What has she got? Nothing but years and years of heartbreak, of being pushed physically, I am sure, into the country of her mother’s… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
It's easier to set off a bomb that kills innocent civilians in a market than it is to plot an assassination, but that obviously… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
How do you prevent attacks from becoming the very fabric of lived life in a city? Of course it's very easy to say you… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
If India hadn't become a troubled space for me, somehow I wouldn't have any reason to write about it. So the fact that it's… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
I don't know what you can do if it's reported that there's been a small attack in the second- or third-largest city in country… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
The West, in the form of American capitalism, is seen as having won, but people are beginning to offer alternatives again, sometimes in retrograde… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share
