I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those stories.

I've loved 'Vanity Fair' since I was 16 years old. You know, we're all colonial hangovers in India, steeped in English literature. It is one of these novels that I read under the covers at my convent boarding school in Simla.

Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.

I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.

I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.