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.

I sincerely believe what happens in India has, I think, lessons, morals for the future evolution of humankind in the 21st century.

India's growth rate will be accelerated, but in the process, America would also benefit.

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

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

If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.

I think the Chinese do have visions of being a great power. And I think it's legitimate. And I don't see that that's a danger to us.