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In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Isl

In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but its not a conversation, its a monologue. Its always from one point of view. If we dont tell our own stories, no one will tell them is my mantra. – Mira Nair

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Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up with reindeers and sleighs. I feel alone. I feel isolated. I feel I do not belong. – Mira Nair

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