What the BJP and the Sangh Parivar represent is in fact a strange colonial legacy in itself. City of Djinns has been widely read by the Indians. If it had been only of interest to a western audience so many copies would not have been sold. It is not exoticising India. Fish-Eyed Goddess is a book on hardcore politics.
People seem to be surprised that westerners do love India.
It is not a question of Raj nostalgia. My Delhi publisher took the view that The Age of Kali could be considered to be casting aspersions on the present day. I think The Age of Kali could have been a more suitable title for the Indian audience because a lot of people tell me, this is the Kaliyug. Baba Sehgal is old news here. But in England the existence of someone like Baba Sehgal is surprising.