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.

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.

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.

If we send industrialists to jail, we would be discouraging investment.

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.

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