Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.

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

India is a functioning democracy despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.

We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.

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.

There are partnerships based on principle. There are partnerships based on pragmatism. And fortunately, when it comes to Indo-American relations, both concentrations find a new robust phase of relationship, a multi-fasted relationship which I believe exists in the interests of both our countries.