Everything Isn't Perfect.

First Of All, Feminism Is Not Man-hating, Not Man-berating. It Is Not Saying We Are Better. It Is Just Saying We Want The Same Opportunities, And We Want To Be Able To Make Decisions On Our Own Without Being Judged For Them. We Want The Same Freedom Men Have Enjoyed Over The Years, So I Think That's The Place Where We Are. And It's Completely Not Mutually Exclusive At All For How You Want To Look, How You Take Care Of Yourself, How You Want To Be, What You Want To Look Like.

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 Roots A Bit. As Kids We Think, If I'm Too Indian, I'll Be Put In A Box, And People Will Think Of Me As Different. They'll Think I'm Weird, Because I Eat Indian Food Or My Name Is Difficult To Pronounce.

I'm Not Usually A Follower Of Trends - I Like To Set Them A Lot More. I Don't Like Things That People Have Done Already, Then It's No Fun For Me To Do It.

I Do Hope Having Done What I Did, And America Having Accepted Me The Way They Did, Opens The Door For More Global Talent, Which Should Have Representation In Global Entertainment.

I Was Very Sure I Did Not Want To Be The Stereotype Of What Indian People Are Seen As, Which Is Bollywood, And Henna. That’s All Great! It’s What We Are, And I Love It. I Love Saris; I Love Music; I Love Henna; I Love Dancing, But That’s Not All We Are.