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Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.

Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in denoting the object, it also assigns to it some quality or characteristic.

I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

The Indian is a human being.

I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian, and who happened to write about Indians.

I do not want my name to be presented to the public as an Indian, but as a pitcher.

I am an Indian to the core.

If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.

I am extremely proud to have the surname Ambani. I am proud to be a Gujarati, and above all, an extremely proud Indian.