In a world in which technology is changing at such a fast pace, where demand conditions change very fast, we need to look at a more innovative mechanism to cut down on this rigmarole of many tiers of decision-making processes.

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

Democracy is good for everybody.

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

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.

What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.