Nish Kumar Quotes

The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.

India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

My 22-minute film, which I called 'The Sword and the Flute', turned out to be a romantic film about India made by someone who had never been to India, but who already had very romantic feelings about everything Indian.

My husband and I grew up in India, so saag and tikka sauces are very nostalgic for us.

Coming to Rajasthan had been my idea, my dream. In the weeks before we arrived, I had tried and failed on numerous occasions to enthuse my family with the joys of travel in India; reading bits from the guidebooks, telling the children about the history of the Mughals, insisting to my daughter that she really would enjoy curry if it was in India.

My best friend, who I grew up with in Paris, is Indian. So, I've grown up listening to a lot of Bollywood songs and watching a lot of Bollywood movies, old and new.

I loved the stories my parents and grandparents would read to me.

I spent many, many hours in the stack at the University of Washington library just wandering around, when my dad was working, as a kid.

My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.

One important thing I recall about India was that it was quiet. It was never noisy in the way that life was noisy in London.

As a child, I was lucky enough to spend each summer with my grandmother.

I have a lot of friends in the Australian cricket team, and they have told me a lot about India. Brett Lee was telling me about the food and Bollywood. I am the kind of person who likes to embrace the culture of a place, and I really want to travel and see the various temples around the country.

I really miss how we used to celebrate Diwali when I was a kid.

I was very young during 'Chachi 420' and don't remember much now.

My interest in India began with my interest in Indian painting and music and that grew.

George Harrison became my uncle - not by blood but through love. It's sort of an Indian cultural thing.

I grew up listening to Hindi and Marathi songs of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale.

The best memories are the ones where I celebrated Deepavali as a kid.

As a child growing up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, my connection to my Indian roots came from summer visits to New Delhi where my grandparents lived.

I still remember with gratitude a series for children on everyday life where we learned about the games children in other times had played and the food they ate.

Jaipur is my mother's hometown. So, every summer vacation, we would come to Jaipur and spend the entire holiday at my nani's house.

I'm from a little village in the south of Holland where there was nothing to do but watch American movies and television - I grew up with The 'A-Team,' 'Charlie's Angels,' and 'Edward Scissorhands.'

I love India and Mumbai and would love to buy a house here.

While I appreciate what goes into making high-end Indian dishes, street food has a special place in my heart. Being raised in India, street food played an integral part in my life while growing up.

I've not enjoyed playing anywhere as much as I have in India.