Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.

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!

Yes, he [Mahatma Gandhi] was a great man. However...between me and Gandhi there was never the understanding there was between me and my father.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

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

In the face of such a threat, they had no other choice but to throw themselves to the far left. But now that the people are conscious of our efforts, now that they see us resolving problems, the communists are losing strength.

My father was a saint. I'm not.