If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.

I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.

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

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

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

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

I recognize the United States is a superpower. It has various interests. It has to balance various things.