I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being.
“Is it not dangerous to have students study together for years, copying the same models and approximately the same path?”
“Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.”