India Culture Quotes

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

When you first arrive in India, you think, 'God, these Indians treat their servants so badly! How awful!' It's something in the air, and something about the way people are, that very few people hold out. I wasn't able to. Everybody goes local. You stop saying 'thank you' and things like that.

I had been working nonstop for two years and needed a break. Instead of flying or booking myself at the usual holiday spots, we decided to drive across south India. The only thing that changes in the landscape are the posters of film stars and politicians.

In India, the perception of a woman in a restaurant kitchen was that she wouldn't make it.

Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.

I was so overwhelmed by India when I first came - it still inspires me because I still go for the culture, I still go for the colors.

People pass a lot of judgment about each other in India, and that is a tendency I don't like.

In India, when someone calls you sexy, they don't mean it as a compliment; it has derogatory connotations.

In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.