I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.

I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.

When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel they need to do something.

One hundred years from now, I expect the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I hope the Group comes to be regarded as being the best in India.. best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value systems and ethics. Having said that, I hope that a hundred years from now we will spread our wings far beyond India.

The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive.

Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.

IT and the entire communications business clearly have the greatest potential for growth. But if you're talking about sheer size, the steel and auto industries will remain at the top.