Shehan Karunatilaka, considered one of the most original voices of Sri Lanka, draws on complex literary devices to dazzle his readers. One of his outstanding talents is his ability to range with unfettered imagination through varied scenarios and genres - from cricket to the afterlife, from satire to the surreal, from whodunnit to ghost story, often in the same novel. In an intimate conversation with one of Mumbai’s beloved authors, the Booker-prize winner  talks about his writing and the themes that suffuse his work -  like death and conflict, corruption and bureaucratic tardiness, fate and reincarnation and the inescapable omnipresence of politics -  through which he explores the hidden truths of living in Sri Lankan society.