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

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

What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.

We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.

If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.

We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.

China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.