With the revolution in information technology, with the revolution in transport technologies, I think just geography has lost its all significance.

India has, of course, aspirations of getting out of its poverty, ignorance, and disease which still afflict millions of people. But I do believe that we have something to offer to the rest of the world, including the United States.

Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience.

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.

Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.

India is a functioning democracy despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.

We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.