Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

No one says "Gee Whiz!" very much these days, of course, not even in America - both because that expression has long since been supplanted by others more colourful and less printable, and because our capacity for surprise has long since been dulled by a surfeit of sources.

Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.

If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans.

Diplomacy is much like the "lovemaking of elephants", which is accompanied with a lot of bellowing and other sound effects, but no one can be sure of the consequences for at least the next two years

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.