More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.

Also I have an interest in spirituality and it opens-up so many different areas of Indian life.

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought.