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.

I 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.

One of India's biggest advantages is our young demographic and that we have a youthful population that is indeed our future.

If you work for a team, you have a different view, if you own a team you have a radically different view.

My 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.

Any serious airline has to look at a worldwide network.

I'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.