There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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