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

We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.

I sincerely hope that whatever influence the United States has in Pakistan, it will convince Pakistan that using terrorism as an instrument of state policy has no place in the world that we want to build.

Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a more modernized agriculture helps not only farmers but also helps consumers.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

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

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