Having grown up in Bombay, from the day you're born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices, so the more conscious you are, the greater your life will be.
It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you learn about yourself, really. It's a funny old hippie thing, but it's true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness.
I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.
I feel like I want to be an Indian all my career.
To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion.
If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.
You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's your birthright.
I grew up in Mumbai.
Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.