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

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

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.

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.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

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.