ML: Could you tell us a little about your early childhood and where you were born?
AKK: I was born in Agra and we could see the Taj Mahal as well as the Agra Fort from our terraces – those are my early memories. As children, we used to go for a walk to the Taj, but didn’t realise its importance then. In our arranged marriage system, parents used to bring their daughters to the Taj Mahal for...