Foreigners have no idea of the diversity of India and its culture. We hope to be able to give them a glimpse of that diversity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.
Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do.
We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.
The Indo-Canadian community has been a microcosm of the people of Indian origin living abroad besides reflecting India's diversity.
Nobody who has done business in any country with an Indian would doubt the shrewdness of Indians, but what Indian people bring to the world is something special and unique, which is the capacity for a loving interaction.
We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.
I'm not just saying this, but I love everything about India.
Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.
India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books.