I think the tradition of philanthropy is far better developed in the U.S. than in India, as is the whole notion of giving away 50% of your wealth while you are still living and not waiting till you're gone.

I have committed to giving away 80% of my wealth, much of it in India, but also in other countries.

I feel that India lacks a level of philanthropy that is proportional to the wealth that is here, particularly among the top 5,000 industrialists and entrepreneurs.

I don't want to live with the guilt of messing up someone's retirement fund.

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.

The widely held belief that the heterosexual nuclear family is best for children has long been used as a smoke screen for homophobia and as a talking point to quash marriage-equality efforts.

I was adopted into an extremely right-wing religious family.

Just growing up and going through life and how tough life was for me and my family, I'm always going to stay humble.