Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to ‘Twitter’ transatlantically.

Most people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20!

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

We must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations.

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.

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.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.