It was incredible to me that members of one community could kill members of another not for anything personal that they did but simply based on their identity.

It was incredible to me that members of one community could kill members of another not for anything personal that they did but simply based on their identity.

The higher education has always appealed to the South Asian social leaders across all the countries in South Asia. But primary education has been neglected. The oddity, by the way, is if you look at the contrast in India, there are some areas like Kerala where there's a long history of educational development.

Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects that interest me and there freedom of speech comes into it.

Globalization can be very unjust and unfair and unequal, but these are matters under our control. It’s not that we don’t need the market economy. We need it. But the market economy should not have priority or dominance over other institutions.