“Either you're this, or you're that: either you're - if you're a Pakist...” — Mira Nair Quote

Either you're this, or you're that: either you're - if you're a Pakistani, you're a terrorist; if you're an American, you might be a militarist. Those kind of prisms that we see each other through are really stultifying, and they don't often show the complexity and the incredible warmth and encompassing of the world.

We want the diversity of the world that is around us represented both in front of and behind the camera, and on our screens as a result.

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.

Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place.

We, as extremely complex creatures, desperately need to know this story of how the universe creates complexity and why complexity means vulnerability and fragility.

I like cutting through complexity and trying to get to the kernel of an idea.

Participatory complexity may well be the key descriptor of the 21st century - in our economies, in our politics, and in our everyday lives.

There are so many devices that can receive video, creating complexities, because suddenly you can have a TV, laptop, smartphone, pads. And they are of different sizes. It's clear that you need to standardise and get a much more efficient TV delivery.