It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for whom larger questions of ideology and belief, as well as issues relating to politics and governance, were vivid daily realities.

I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed.

Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.

To be equitable, economic growth has to be sustainable. To be sustainable, economic growth has in turn to be all-inclusive. All-inclusive is no longer the greatest good of the greatest number. It is actually 'Sarvodaya' or the 'rise of all'. This Mahatma Gandhi saw as essential to Satyagraha itself.

I suppose, mother-in-laws are frightening figures. Especially, more so for mother-in-laws to be.

It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for whom larger questions of ideology and belief, as well as issues relating to politics and governance, were vivid daily realities.

My complaint with Dr Singh is that he sometimes does not highlight his achievements enough.