I have come with one medicinal herb that I am offering as a remedy to India's problems. And that medicinal herb is 'development'.

India is once again ready to play the role of 'Vishvaguru' and work towards the benefit of mankind.

There are many similarities between India and America. If you look at the last few centuries, two things come to light. America has absorbed people from around the world and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have coexistence in their natural temperament. India and the United States of America are bound together, by history and by culture. These ties will deepen further.

I'm confident that it is with the strength of the poor that India will move forward.

The mantra of independence was Satyagraha. And the warriors were Satyagrahis. The mantra of New Age India must be Swachhagrah. And the warriors will be Swachhagrahis.

I want to do small things, for small people, and to make the small people big.

While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is the right to information while openness is the right to participation.