Given that I was interested in physics, I think it was easier for me to do physics in India.

I think what we owe each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and hopelessness with fearlessness and joy.

Amory Lovins has said that the only reason Americans look efficient is that each has 300 energy slaves. Those 300 energy slaves will now be reproduced among the elite of India.

Whatever happens to seed affects the web of life.

Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.

I did my masters in elementary particles. But the foundations of elementary particles is quantum theory and there were too many conceptual problems around quantum theory that I couldn't live with. So I decided I was going to work on the foundations of quantum theory. That's what I did my Ph.D on.

Gandhi’s idea of swadeshi—that local societies should put their own resources and capacities to use to meet their needs as a basic element of freedom—is becoming increasingly relevant. We cannot afford to forget that we need self-rule, especially in this world of globalization.