India's political system also would need to be modernized.

No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.

The premature migration of very large numbers of people from rural areas to urban areas can give rise to a lot of strains to the urban infrastructure, which can also create problems of crime - law-and-order problems.

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.

In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

I have to do my duty, whatever task is allotted to me.