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

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

So outside agriculture, in manufacturing and services, we must create a lot more jobs. But that also means that we must ensure that our systems of general education and technical education are in line with the job requirements that a more modern manufacturing and a more modern services sector would require.

I pray for that moment in which I think we can claim to the world that we are now in a different, new era of Indo-American relationship of trust, of working together, partnership strengthened both by our commitment to common values, and also the identity of interests.

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

A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.

70 percent of India's imports of oil and oil products are imported from abroad. There is uncertainty about supply. There is uncertainty about prices. And that hurts India's development.