The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.

If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have to tackle it ideologically.

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

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.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

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