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

India is this great experiment of a billion people of such great diverse persuasions working together, seeking their salvation in the framework of a democracy. I believe it will have some lessons for all the multicultural societies.

Life is never free of contradictions

I believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.

A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.

Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.