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.

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

The database hugging in public institutions is hampering innovation.

The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.

You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world.

My husband is my most valuable resource.