The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same.

If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.

In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

India's political system also would need to be modernized.

India's infrastructure has to be modernized, has to be expanded at a rate which will I think be consistent with the growth requirements.

My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.

If the economy is not expanding, the redistribution of income becomes a zero-sum game. And therefore, all the class struggle - and it becomes much more vicious.

If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.

If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.

I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.

Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience.

I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.

Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.

Democracies don't go to war.

China's influence is bound to rise.

China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.

I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.

I recognize the United States is a superpower. It has various interests. It has to balance various things.