India has, of course, aspirations of getting out of its poverty, ignorance, and disease which still afflict millions of people. But I do believe that we have something to offer to the rest of the world, including the United States.

The premature migration of very large numbers of people from rural areas to urban areas can give rise to a lot of strains to the urban infrastructure, which can also create problems of crime - law-and-order problems.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

If the economy is not expanding, the redistribution of income becomes a zero-sum game. And therefore, all the class struggle - and it becomes much more vicious.

My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.

Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.

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