What India needs most is a unified food law.

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

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

I think, overall, India is today on the move. The economic reforms that our salvation lies in - operating an open society, political system, an open economy, economic system - this has widespread support.

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 emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.

India's saving rate will go up. India's investment rate will go up. And I believe that's a plus point.