I was sitting next to him in the front seat of his Bajaj autorickshaw, watching the city unfold before us — a city trying hard to be peaceful, while still visibly tense.

The social stigma of ‘colour’ and ‘caste’ is often identified as a tool to oppress the weak-minded — but in my humble opinion, both of these factors are nothing but a reflection of an ‘inferiority complex’.

The most challenging thing in this world is not to earn money, gain fame, win the lottery or swim across the Suez Canal but to write, I...