We can pretend that China is not there. But China is there, and unless we put our economy on the right track, it is going to overwhelm us completely.

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

The world is waiting for us, the world wants to engage with us, the world wants to be friendly with us, the world wants to be our partner in prosperity, and the world admires India in many ways.

We wish Pakistan both stability and security; we expect them to understand our legitimate concerns of preventing people from using its soil to inflict problem in India.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

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.

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