Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and director, Mahindra Humanities Centre, was in Mumbai to deliver the 16th Vasant J. Sheth Memorial Lecture. Amidst a packed schedule of lectures and panel discussions, he took an evening out at his Cuffe Parade residence to talk to Prachi Pinglay-Plumber. A world-renowned scholar with works such as Nation and Narration and The Location of Culture, Bhabha favours an integrated vision of humanities and the sciences. Excerpts: