Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their failure to educate and therefore their failure to control the poverty.
Vijay MallyaRather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.
Vijay MallyaMy father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.
Vijay MallyaOne of India's biggest advantages is our young demographic and that we have a youthful population that is indeed our future.
Vijay MallyaI run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future, is in my hands, and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.
Vijay MallyaI think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.
Vijay MallyaIf you work for a team, you have a different view, if you own a team you have a radically different view.
Vijay MallyaWe have broken the shackles of conservative socialism. The growing middle classes want the kind of standard of living you enjoy in the West. So what I'm selling is a lifestyle.
Vijay MallyaI think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.
Vijay MallyaI'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.
Vijay MallyaIt's not quite right to be sitting outside India and to be judging what is happening in India.
Vijay MallyaIf you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market.
Vijay Mallya