In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were correct.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.

I see nothing wrong in sterilizing a man who has already brought eight or ten children into the world. Especially if it helps those eight or ten children to live better.

Nowadays you can no longer let yourself be indoctrinated - the world is changing so fast! Even what you wanted twenty years ago is no longer relevant today; it's outdated.

My father was a saint. I'm not.

What good does it do to remain tied to an ideology if you don't achieve anything by it? I have an ideology myself - you can't work in a vacuum; you have to have faith in something.