You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back.

You do find a lot of your time in the West kind of searching for your place in the world - your voice, your identity, like, who am I? Like, what is my reason for being here, you know? And in that same way who am I to be partnered with, you know?

Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was — but I wanted to be there.

This was in the '70s and there was a lot of racism towards South Asians and there was a lot of hazing and bullying and racism that really probably shaped me in some way in terms of, like, wanting to get out of there.

Actually I'm more culturally Muslim than religiously but being Muslim is an important part of my identity. As Muslim, I feel it's important to counter any form of bigotry, be it anti-Semitism, homophobia, racism, etc. These forms of hate share a common denominator of misinformation and intentional fear mongering.