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I see the world as an adventure thriller and a voyage of discovery. To me, all lives are lives of mystery and secrecy, and that's what I write about. ”
I used to have a monthly cookery column, and am a big cook, so that whole sense of connecting what one does with food to one's cultural identity has always been fascinating to me. ”
In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob. ”
The performance of Carnatic music is multi-dimensional and layered. A performance is at once an artiste's cathartic process of personal exploration and an open energy exchange with the audience: a release and a conversation. ”
I owe so much of my musical growth to my exploration and performance of Carnatic music. ”
I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators. ”
Filmmaking is a great adventure. I'm as excited as a kid to be given tickets to fly suddenly to England, South Africa, America, everywhere. I'm still a 13-year-old kid, flying. ”
I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that I am self-contained. I am just comfortable with myself and am always on an adventure. ”
We cannot blame globalisation for diluting our cultural heritage and music, as our music is respected more outside India than here. ”
I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in the world, have some adventures and then write about them. ”