I believe all societies, all thriving societies of the future are going to be multicultural societies.

India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.

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.

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

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

I don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.

I have always believed that the ultimate purpose of economic policies and development policy is to meet the basic needs of our people. And for that, we need a fast-expanding economy.