What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.

I believe whether it is the United States or Europe, they will all end up as multicultural societies.

Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.

I have always regard nonalignment as a statement that India's policies, foreign policy will be guided by what I describe as enlightened national interest. That we will make judgments on an independent basis, with the sole concern being what is enlightened India's national interest. In that sense, nonalignment remains as relevant today as it was in the early 1950s.

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

Globalization offers us enormous opportunities in the race to leapfrog in development processes. It also obliges us to set in motion processes which would minimize its risks.

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