I wanted to write something that was very entertaining to read. The hardest part of this novel [The Yoga of Max's Discontent]… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
India went through a dramatic revolution after the '90s when our economy started opening up for the first time and Indians were… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
“Love was for dummies, soulmates were the creation of pulp-fiction writers; romance was craved by ageing, lonely cat owners. Successful relationships were… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
The reality that we were growing up in was very young and vibrant, and nobody was capturing that part of India. I… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Now, I think of my writing as having two foundations: entertainment and meaning. The meaning portion is really me trying to answer… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
I am just diving into life again. I just have nothing new to offer right now as an idea for a book.… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
The whole idea is that the combination of tight activity and slack activity allows me to be both productive and creative at… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
What I do is work for three or four years and then I take a year off, and then I come back… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do right now is truly answer my most deepest most unarticulated questions for myself through my writing in… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
What has happened in most of my books is the call to the extraordinary world, the hero's push, or that push has come to… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
I don't know if there is really an objective truth about either. I liken this to what Buddhism says about the individual, that change… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
“When you are close, you only see unravelled threads, but with time and distance, it will reveal itself as a mosaic. Just wait and… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
When I started, these [yoga] were very functional practices, as I said, productive to lose weight, or whatever, and now it has become a… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
In the year that I take off, I don't have any goals. I just surrender to experiences like traveling or learning yoga and meditation… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Here are two dichotomies here. In the West it is a very physical practice, and even meditation is a practice to become productive and… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
When I came to the U.S., Kraft sponsored my green card, so I was at Kraft foods and I owed them, I felt. But… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Regarding some of the super powers that I reference, like walking on water, I haven't seen people do that, but once you get into… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
The moment you enter Bhutan, you notice that there are no traffic lights. It is almost like you've stepped into a Shangri-La or a… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
I wanted to write something that was very entertaining to read. The hardest part of this novel [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] was how… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
India went through a dramatic revolution after the '90s when our economy started opening up for the first time and Indians were now experiencing… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image