I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it.

It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that said no.

I know you were surprised when, after the fall of Dacca, Pakistani and Indian officers shook hands. But do you realize that, up until 1965, in our army and the Pakistani one you could come across generals who were brothers? Blood brothers, sons of the same father and the same mother.

Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers.

The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it's by no means dreadful.

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

You found an uncle on one side and a nephew on the other, a cousin here and a cousin there. Besides it's still true today. I'll tell you something else. There was a time when even two ambassadors to Switzerland, the one from India and the one from Pakistan, were two blood brothers. Oh, the Partition imposed on us by the British was so unnatural!