It is a tribute to Indian democracy that a person from a poor family, an ordinary family, is today addressing the nation from the Red Fort.

India has to fight poverty, Pakistan too has to fight poverty, why don't we come together to fight poverty?

If you have compassion for society, only then will the events of your life, sow seeds of revolution in it.

Ladakh's Prakash, Paryavaran, Paryatan are a strength for both J&K and India.

I would especially like to appeal to my country's media that we should stop looking at everything in India from the prism of Pakistan. India is an independent country. It is a country of 125 crore people. Whenever it approaches any country, it will only be concerned about its own interests. It has been our biggest shortcoming and mistake that we have been tagging ourselves with another country and trying to do things.

I dream of a society that is continuously creating knowledge, where each individual is a part of this creation, where youngsters can pursue courses with freedom of choice, where technology is used for universal access of education and yet the importance of the Guru is retained.

I intend to launch a massive National Program for PDS Computerisation.