At a time when opportunism is everything, when hope seems lost, when everything boils down to a cynical business deal, we must find the courage to dream. To reclaim romance. The romance of believing in justice, in freedom, and in dignity. For everybody.

I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where one fits.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

the truth is that it's far easier to make a bomb than to educate four hundred million people.

With one hand, you're selling the country out to Western multinationals. And with the other, you want to defend your borders with nuclear bombs. It's such an irony! You're saying that the world is a global village, but then you want to spend crores of rupees on building nuclear weapons.

Because of who I am and what place I have now in India, I'm petitioned all the time to get involved. It's exhausting and very difficult to have to say, 'Look, I'm only one person. I can't do everything.' I know that I don't want to be worn to the bone where I lose my sense of humor.

I don't want to be a victim. I don't want to disappear into the darkness.