As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.

Democracy is good for world peace.

I'm a small person put in this big chair.

If we have access to nuclear energy, that adds to our maneuverability in ensuring energy security as India marches on, on the path to accelerated development.

If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas.

We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.

If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.