I think the loss in trust
is one of the basic problems
that we're dealing with,
and it's so multi-layered,
because trust in media,
trust in basic institutions,
trust in politics,
politicians, all of that
has been damaged
and broken badly.
But there's something further
more that worries me a lot.
Even trust in democracy
itself is being affected,
and you see more and more people
inclined to go to extremes,
and that worries me a lot.
Democracy might not
be a perfect system,
but it is the best system
that we as human beings
have come up with.
It can be improved,
but many people
are ready to abandon
it completely.
So the fate of democracy,
the future of democracy
is something that worries me.
My feeling and my observation
is we have entered a new era
and we will be going
through a turbulence,
political, cultural, perhaps
economic turbulence as well,
so one thing triggering another.
Most of the debates
that we're having right
now are related to culture.
Culture, which is supposed
to unite us as human beings
has almost become
a battleground.
So many of the clashes
we're experiencing
are taking in that field.
So as a writer,
as a storyteller,
I'm also interested in
the way in which culture
has been shaped and
reshaped in today's world.
