The basis of democracy is tolerance to criticism. If you can't face criticism, if you can't accept it, then you cannot guard democracy, you are not eligible for it.

It is easy to turn a scooter, but not a train with 40 bogeys. This is such a big country, changes are constant and widespread.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

Can't India dream of exporting teachers of high calibre? Can't we instil the desire in children to become great teachers?

Reforms are not an end in itself. Reforms must have a concrete objective.

Mere good governance is not enough; it has to be pro-people and pro-active. Good governance is putting people at the center of development process.

In my life mission is everything.. Even if i was a municipal chairman, I would have worked as hard as a CM