Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.

Yoga is not Indian; it does not belong to India.

Queen Victoria did not regard art, letters, or music as in any way springing from national character: they were something quite apart, elegant decorations resembling a scarf or a bracelet, and in no way expressive of the soul of the country.

Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture.

I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost.

I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing.

Cinema should always be in touch with the soil of the country. My films celebrate the heartland of India.

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'

I'm not becoming western; I am still following my Pashtun culture, and I'm wearing a shalvar kamiz, a dupatta on my head.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures.

I could live in a sari; I was born to wear a sari.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

The hat is the common headgear of the Turkish people, and the government forbids habits to the contrary.

The coming of age of Canadian culture may not depend on our ability to protect it at home, but to project it on the world’s stage.

I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood and henna. That's all great! It's what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music. I love henna; I love dancing, but that's not all we are.

I live in Australia, and I am Australian, and because I grew up in an era where we didn't have a film industry, and now we do, it's just really exciting for me to be able to say that I work in my own culture in a medium that I find fascinating.

I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented.

BJP should direct our Ministers to wear traditional and modernised Indian clothes while abroad. In coat and tie, they look like waiters.

I find it very lucky to be an Indian and living in India.

In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.

I'm Indian and proudly so.

If it were up to me, I would wear a peshwas and a gharara everywhere.