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

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

The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.

Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.