It is critical for us to cultivate consciousness and compassion towards our environment, create awareness, galvanize people, and build sustainable innovations for sustainable development.
Dia Mirza
Every child must have a childhood they deserve. But unfortunately, millions of children are deprived childhood and their dreams crushed under the burden of poverty.
I think good work, sincerity and discipline speak for themselves.
I think every opportunity, every disappointment, every rejection, every accolade... everything has contributed in shaping my character and my choices and who I have become.
I believe in the power of one and that we are all bound by the thread of oneness and humanity.
Give me rice, dal and some aachar any day, or a Spaghetti Bolognese.
I have never stored water in plastic bottles, always in glass, steel or copper bottles and containers. I even carry my own water to work, and refill bottles for drinking.
I was allowed to take my adoptive father's surname. My birth certificate has a different name. My passport has both my adoptive and biological father's surnames.
I am so glad to have found a sister in Sonam Nair. She makes work such a joy.
People wonder why a man and woman can't be friends after being in love. It is because it's very tough to look beyond the hurt and try to find a common ground to be friends. It's it like a healing wound.
I have discovered the virtue of patience and I don't quite believe that taking a break for good reason can be a risk.
I am in Deepak Ramsay's 'Koi Mere Dil Mein Hain,' where I am a modern girl who wears bold outfits. She makes heads turn wherever she goes. She is not a brat. She nurses this false belief that she can get any man she wants.
It's really the tone that people use to convey things sometimes that can either become a compliment or an insult. It's not always what you are saying, it's about how you say it.
Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength.
I have always believed that cinema is one of the greatest instruments of positive social change. Stories can be light, engaging and poignant, but they need to say something.
Failure at the box office of some of my earlier films led to a lack of opportunity to play main lead in good films.
Children are my favorite people, because they inspire me with their optimism and spirit.
It was extraordinary living in Mumbai, navigating my course, understanding how to manage my finances on my own, mapping out my daily expenses.
One thing led to another and I was selected from Hyderabad for the Miss India pageant. I remember my mother being really surprised that I wanted to take part!
I have grown up on a diet of sunrise picnics, learning the names of butterflies, planting trees.
For any female actor, the age between 35 to 45 is treacherous. Filmmakers tell me, I am at that awkward age. No parts are written for women in this age bracket, while men at that age flourish and have great careers.
Well, now I would like to kidnap Johnny Depp and yes, Ranbir Kapoor for sure.
Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.
The one thing I have discovered is that we all have challenges; the challenges vary, but our response to the challenges makes us people we are.
I only want to be part of movies that I believe in and I have no regrets.
I want to go back to the '80s, wish India could go back to '80s, when life was simple.
I cannot write a novel because I cannot work in continuity. My works are more abstract, may be, I will try short story writing.
What gives you strength at any circumstance is your understanding of yourself.
I have enough make-up to last me five lifetimes.
People worship and revere Ganga as a mother, and then throw away flowers in a plastic bag into the same river.
I always wanted to play a bigger part in the process of cinema, so production felt like a very natural progression and calling.
I started cooking when I was growing up in Hyderabad, and I was already pretty decent when I was around seven years old.
I happened to be spotted by a modeling agent who offered me a part-time job at 16. Everything happened very quickly after that - advertising campaigns, fashion shows, editorial shoots.
I was born and brought up in Hyderabad.
Fortunately, I have never been a victim of sexual harassment. But there have been instances where I have lost out on work or people have shown disinterest in working with me because I was unwilling to succumb to this unspoken understanding of patriarchy.
My father was a German architect and graphic designer, who travelled all over the world, teaching teachers on how to teach. On one such visit to the Max Mueller Bhavan in Delhi, he met my mother.
It is impossible to teach people to conserve nature if they don't learn to love nature.
Beauty is not about good skin, features and figure, but about your nature and habits.
It is extremely empowering when you are making fundamental and critical decisions on different levels of production, till the final showcase on the screen.
The only challenge I faced in the beginning was that no one believed I could seriously see a film through.
Some people feel divorce is an excuse to not compromise. Yes, in life you have to adapt and compromise. But the questions is - when does it stop? How much is too much, how less is too little? That's a personal choice.
My privilege as a celebrity doesn't disallow me pain.
I've been meditating since 14 years and my mornings are spent in the building garden.
Being married to a wonderful, motivating partner has brought happiness and a greater sense of purpose to my life.
Be it acting, writing, directing or producing, I love cinema. I love the art of telling stories and I'm happy doing one of the above or all of the above.
I have always believed that an artiste needs to respond to a story first. One has to feel it in order to live it.
It's really wrong to judge someone because of their beliefs.
It's important to be a witness to reality as this world can consume you.
'Kaafir' has come along because I have never been more aligned with my truth.
When I was just four-and-a-half, my parents separated and both my parents remarried.
