Iyer’s life was narrowly saved by a good Samaritan patrolling the area in a small water truck. His mother’s home, however, was reduced to ash before his eyes. When the flames finally died down, all of ...

The Phoenix interviewed Iyer through an email exchange. An edited record of this correspondence is below.

Multiple would-be assassins were involved in the plot, and while several had had the chance to act and failed, and a bomb ...