'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.

I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.