Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports.

Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.