Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we can compete with other nations in space exploration and one of them will fulfil her dreams.

I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974?

No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.