My husband is my most valuable resource.

What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.

It seems the public in Europe has not yet learnt that most girls in India today go to school.

I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love.

Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population.

My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.