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

A new India which realizes its destiny in the framework of an open society, in the framework of an open economy, respecting all fundamental human freedoms great respect for pluralistic, inclusive value system. I think that's what unites India and the United States. And I do hope that working together, our two countries can write a new chapter in the history of our relationship.

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

We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

Working together in helping nascent democracies in the task of reconstruction, in the task of development is another area where our two countries [India and the USA] can work together.

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