She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.

Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together.

She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.

When a big tree falls, the ground shakes

Our task today is to bring India to the threshold of the twenty-first century, free of burden of poverty, legacy of our colonial past, and capable of meeting the rising aspirations of our people.

Every person should take a lesson from history. We should understand that wherever there have been internal fights and conflicts in the country, the country has been weakened. Due to this, the danger from outside increases. The country has to pay a big price due to this type of weakness.

Education must be a great equaliser in our society. It must be the tool to level the differences that our various social systems have created over the past thousands of years.