Bold Quote by Koena Mitra

I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be 'Stands in Confusion'.

— Caroline Lawrence

I do not look like a traditional Indian, which works for me.

— Koena Mitra

My Indian name is Bemay-Ultze and means 'talking eyes.'

— Jackie Coogan

I grew up in South Mumbai and I am a total homebody, so I was not seen around. I guess that's the reason many…

— Diana Penty

I don't think a lot of people in America understand what Indians are. And that's our fault, a little. We tend to forget our…

— Priyanka Chopra

In Kerala, people are more educated, so you can have subtlety in Malayalam films.

— Priyadarshan

There's this great fashion among writers, especially those who follow the transnational conservatives like V.S. Naipaul, to disavow one's place in the world as…

— Karan Mahajan

For never has there been, in modern times, such a Homeric world, where so much value is pinned onto the utterance of name! Entire…

— Sara Suleri

I seem to be known as much by the moniker 'Mrs Funnybones' as my own name these days. The book was about how a…

— Twinkle Khanna

“What is there to respect in any of this, or in any of the crimes now being committed almost daily around the world in…

— Salman Rushdie

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

— Anonymous