It's not quite right to be sitting outside India and to be judging what is happening in India.

I 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.

We 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.

I am pretty tough as a boss.

I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.

Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.

I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.