To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures.

To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures.

When the United Nations was born it was believed to be a positive instrument for peace. From this exalted position it became an organization in which nations would at least keep talking instead of shooting. Soon it was discovered ... that words were as deadly as any weapon, and when these words had a number of interpretations they could and did lead to conflict.

Difficulties, opposition, criticism-these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm and I begin to wonder what I should do about it.

Freedom is not for the timid.

sacrifice' was often a cloak for many actions that did not always stem from the highest motives.

One can argue that in the context of history a few years do not matter. But we live in an age in which every moment counts heavily and the price of delay is human lives.