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

No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.

I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.

Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

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

When I became finance minister in 1991, I discovered that the wealth tax rates income - there was taxation on wealth. It was so atrocious and so high that actually nobody could accumulate money in an honest way. I removed that tax, and the result was that Indian companies for the first time acquired an incentive to grow big, to grow rich.

Ethical and responsible behavior needs to become the cornerstone of corporate behavior