In India's distant past, when the population was low, the blessing given a woman was, 'May you have many children.' Most of our epics and literature stress this wish, and the idea that a woman should have many children hasn't declined.

If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.

I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger...well, one must risk the danger.

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.

If I'm happy, I look happy; if I'm angry, I show it. Without worrying about how others may react.

I've never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don't allow themselves any other activities.

I always defended my father, as a child, and I think I'm still defending him - his policies at least. Oh, he wasn't at all a politician, in no sense of the word. He was sustained in his work only by a blind faith in India - he was preoccupied in such an obsessive way by the future of India. We understood each other.