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Contrary to popular belief, I don’t spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I’ve learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I go, that’s what kids are playing. That’s what people are talking about.

Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

India absorbs things; India’s not a divisive place.

Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it’s Shillong, it’s northeastern.

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

I don’t think culture is something you can describe.

I meet people overseas that know five languages – that the only language I’m comfortable in is English.

Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change.