India, Sept. 26 -- Adnan Sami's a patriot before anything. Never missing a chance to put it exactly like it is without mincing any words, he puts India first. Born to a Pakistani family, he had become a naturalised Indian citizen in 2016.

When we ask him about the ban on Pakistani artists in India post the Pahalgam attacks, and whether there's a place for politics in something like art which is beyond borders, and he says, "Politics is something else, nationalism is something else. An artist will always belong to a country. An artist may not be political, but definitely a patriot. You can turn around and say 'this artist doesn't conform to any political ideology. Okay that is understandable, you can't force them. But an artist will alway...