We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.

Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.

People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.

We are lucky to have Manmohan Singh as our Prime Minister. We could not have done without a person and leader of the choice as Manmohan Singh, who gets all international attention.

We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.

You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.

Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.