I believe that the mistakes you make in the past are learning experiences and make you grow as a human.

I grew up understanding cinema from early on and was soon cinema-literate.

Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.

Every story has a place where it deserves to be told.

If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.

A survival tale peels away the niceties and comforts of civilization. Suddenly, all the technology and education in the world means nothing. I think all of us wonder while reading a survival tale, 'What would I have done in this situation? Would I have made it?'

I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is abused quite a lot.

In the wake of the Internet getting shut down in Egypt - something that also happened in Xinjiang - I know that there are groups working on ways to help people get online when domestic networks get shut down. This could also be of use to some people in China.