Ananda Krishnan

In Asia, personal relationships are important, but you cannot personalise diplomacy.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!