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I'm different. I don't speak perfect American. I do have a lilt of an Indian accent. I thought, 'Maybe the world's not okay with what I bring, being Indian.'

I am an Indian to the core.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.

I was a journalist when I made 'I'm British But...' I'd seen how important the media was in terms of defining Indians - after the riots in the '80s, I was like, 'Oh my God!'

The first thing I am is a person. I am a woman. And I am part of a nation, the Indian nation. But people either relate to you as an Indian or as a woman. They relate to you as a category. A lot of people don't realize that I am not that different from everyone else.

I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people.

I'm completely allergic to being politically correct.

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.