Quotes About Heritage

My family come from Cyprus. Both my father and my grandfather worked on the British bases there, and as the British government granted independence to Cyprus, they granted British passports to those who worked with them.

My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.

The extraordinary thing about India is that it's such a family place. It's full of families everywhere.

No one is India.

I was born in India - but never really lived there.

I am from Karnal, India.

I think when I say my county, it is always India.

I was born in England, but India is the only place I feel at home.

Tamils all over the world have a sense of belonging to the world itself, but our ancient roots come from India. I would like to explore India. I will keep coming back. This is the closest I can get to home.

My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there.

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

I have always been fascinated by Indian history and architecture.

My mother was Indian, brought up in Delhi. My grandparents were born in Bow and Poplar.

Growing up in the States, there's this part of me that's like, man, I'm Indian. Like, this is where I belong. And as soon as I got to India, and I had to go to the bathroom in some places, I was, like, 'Man - I am American.'

The thing about being an Indian person is that you feel most at home with your own people.

I'm a Cleveland Indian by birth.

I've got Indian looks, but there is nothing in my background.

Being from a middle-class Indian family, I learned Carnatic music.

Being of Indian heritage is a challenge - and it's a blessing as well sometimes - because being good isn't good enough. You have to be exceptional to play different characters.

I look more Indian when I'm serious.

I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.

I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home.