Author and poet, Vikram Seth is a reticent man preferring to talk only when he has got a book in the can. When he speaks though he does with such felicity and candor you wish he would speak for longer. Without a doubt what this man spouts will give you pause to pounder.
Criticising the government for the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival, novelist Vikram Seth on Thursday said the affair was whipped up because of "power", "politics" and "misuse of religion".