The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.

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.

I certainly won't have an empty life!

I want to state that there will be friendship between Bangladesh and ourselves. And not a one-sided friendship, of course - no one does anything for nothing; each has something to give and something to take.

I began to associate with Mahatma Gandhi when he came and went in our house - together with my father and mother he was on the executive committee. After independence I worked with him a lot - in the period when there were the troubles between Hindus and Muslims, he assigned me to take care of the Muslims. To protect them.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.