I am not a believer in religious rituals. I was brought up in the Arya Samaj environment which taught us to shun rituals. Puja, of course, but simple, elegant and brief.

Reliance’s success is a reflection of India’s capabilities, the talent of her people and the potential of her entrepreneurs, engineers, managers, and workers.

I, as school kid, was a member of the Civil Guard, something like today’s NCC. We had to salute our officers who went round in jeeps. So I thought one day I will also ride in a jeep and somebody else will salute me.

The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India’s transformation in the new millennium.

I consider myself a pathfinder. I have been excavating the jungle and making the road for others to walk. I like to be the first in everything I do.

There is no question about that. Business is my hobby. It is not a burden to me. In any case Reliance now can run without me.

Dhirubhai will go one day. But Reliance’s employees and shareholders will keep it afloat. Reliance is now a concept in which the Ambanis have become irrelevant.

I had dreams of starting a company like Burmah Shell.

You accuse me of black marketing, but which of you has not slept with me?

Growth has no limit at Reliance. I keep revising my vision. Only when you dream it you can do it.

The problem with Indians is that we have lost the habit of thinking big!

The most important external environment is the government of India. You have to sell your ideas to the government. Selling the idea is the most important thing, and for that I’ll meet anybody in the government. I am willing to salaam anyone. One thing you won’t find in me and that is an ego.