Aravind Adiga

"Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad."

"In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe."