I like to think I've provided this faith. I also think that by providing faith, I've focused their pride. I say focused because pride isn't something you give. It doesn't even break out suddenly; it's a feeling that grows very slowly, very confusedly.

It depends on what you mean by the word religion. Certainly I don't go to temples and pray to the gods or anything like that.

My husband lived in Lucknow. My father lived in Delhi, of course. So I shuttled between Delhi and Lucknow and...naturally, if my husband needed me on days when I was in Delhi, I ran back to Lucknow. But if it was my father who needed me, on the days when I was in Lucknow. And...yes, my husband got angry. And he quarreled. We quarreled. We quarreled a lot. It's true.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.

I never believed in the danger of a third world war.

Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.