Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.

I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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.

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

There may be a difference of the pace at which India moves, but there should be no doubt whatsoever about the direction in which India is going to move in years to come.

India's infrastructure has to be modernized, has to be expanded at a rate which will I think be consistent with the growth requirements.

I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.