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

If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.

The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same.

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

The salvation of the world ultimately lies in moving towards universal nuclear disarmament, but that's a long distance away.

I do believe that India needs a lot more foreign direct investment than we've got, and we should have the ambition to move in the same league many other countries in our neighborhood are moving. We may not be able to reach where the Chinese are today, but there is no reason why we should not think big about the role of foreign direct investment, particularly in the areas relating to infrastructure, where our needs for investment are very large. We need new initiatives, management skills, and I do believe that direct foreign investment can play a very important role.

I think, overall, India is today on the move. The economic reforms that our salvation lies in - operating an open society, political system, an open economy, economic system - this has widespread support.