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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.