Quotes About Culture

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

My father came to England from India in 1957, and my mum came in 1960.

Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'

My mum told me once I was a Hindu.

I don't like cutting my hair. I did that once, and my mum thought I was a boy.

My mum was a librarian, and my dad worked in Greenland.

Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember being hugely lost.

My mum and dad used to listen to a lot of R&B and soul, so this was the way I grew up. Hip-hop, of course. But then as I grew older, I started listening to everything.

I've never not felt Maori, ever. And because of the era I grew up in, I was never not seen as that. I would walk down the street with Mum and Dad and people would say, 'Look, there's a little Maori girl.'

We are Punjabis from Amritsar, though I was born and brought up in Mumbai and did my Bachelors in Mass Media, specializing in advertising and marketing.

I grew up in Mumbai.

I have a restaurant in Sri Lanka, and I feel keen to open up something here in Mumbai and bring Sri Lankan food here in India. I feel we have so much in common, but we have a different cuisine, and I am sure people will enjoy here.

I was born in Mumbai and brought up between Mumbai and Nashik.

I have several Gujarati friends in Mumbai, and I keep eating from their tiffin boxes whenever we meet. I love Gujarati food!

Having lived in a big city like Mumbai, I feel it gives you another personality in a way.

Shopping is great in Hyderabad and is better than in Mumbai.

I am a full Parsi born and brought up in South Mumbai.

Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.

Mumbai is the most cosmopolitan city.

I am a Gujarati, born and brought up in Mumbai.

I am a Punjabi, but I have been in Mumbai.

My mother is a German who was brought up in the U.K. So, there is so much cross-cultural exposure I had as a child. But Mumbai is my city.

I love being in Hyderabad, as I never get bored like I do in Mumbai.

The most beautiful destination I've been to was the Seychelles Islands, and the most culturally inspiring place was Mumbai, India.