Quotes About Tradition

To me, what I'm interested in, in the end, is the meaning of food in our lives.

People seem ready for a more in-depth idea of folk music, culture and history.

My in-laws are from Bhagalpur district in Bihar and they are great devotees of Hanuman.

The dress hat took a nosedive after the dashing JFK showed up at his inauguration bareheaded. Suddenly, a chapeau was no longer de rigueur for any man leaving the house.

MP is like my second home. It's a culturally inclined state.

Throughout America's history, the start of adult life for women - whatever else it might have been destined to include - had been typically marked by marriage.

No matter how excluded you have become from Christmas, it is a genuinely inclusive matter; frankly, you are conscripted into it.

My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.

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

India is just amazing.

I am always fascinated by India.

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

I have always been fascinated by Indian history and architecture.

In India, the eldest has the most responsibility and the crown goes to him. The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could 'most talent' be determined? So Indian society settled on age.

I need my fill of Indian home cooking.

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

I love Indian wear and I think no one can beat the masterpieces our Indian designers and craftsmen create.

Everything can change, but Indian movies will not change much because we're so used to the dance and songs and everything. Even Americans are getting very attracted to all this.

I think I've become the brand ambassador of arranged marriages, especially for working Indian women.

The thing people don't get about Indian films is that the songs are the story.

In Italia lo stomaco ha una valenza metafisica. -En Italia el estómago tiene un valor metafísico-

Predete il cappuccino: dopo le dieci del mattino e' immorale (forse anche illegale). Al pomeriggio e' insolito, a meno che faccia freddo; dopo pranzo, invece, e' da americani. - Un ejemplo, el cappuccino: después de las 10 de la mañana es inmoral (quizá es ilegal). En la tarde es insólito, a menos que haga frío; después de la comida, es cosa de americanos (gringos).

Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human-like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family.

Jews don't drink much because it interferes with their suffering.