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

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

I believe all societies, all thriving societies of the future are going to be multicultural societies.

I have always believed that the ultimate purpose of economic policies and development policy is to meet the basic needs of our people. And for that, we need a fast-expanding economy.

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

In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.