If sports do not hold significance in our life, we cannot nurture sportsman spirit as a "Sanskar" in our society and without such "Sanskars", the society cannot flourish!

We dream of an India that is self-sufficient in producing defence equipment using the latest technology.

We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.

An opportunity to work is good luck for me. I put my soul into it. Each such opportunity opens the gates for the next one.

In a democracy, everyone has the right to criticise the Government. Normally, the opposition gets more media space and even the people find it interesting to listen to voices against the government of the day. Ever since I took office, my friends in the opposition have been levelling baseless allegations about my foreign trips. Had these trips been a failure, then they would have based their comments on specific issues. When opponents keep harping on one point, it is a sure sign of success!

A government is one that thinks and hears the voice of the poor. A government must live for the poor.

If our rocks, our homes, our streets are our heritage... our Pol is our heritage, then the lifestyle that has emerged over time...that also is our heritage and that itself...is our soul. And it is this soul that connects us.