When I was training to be a pilot, there was a large section in the book on how to drop mail from the plane.
See, there is a tendency to look at India as a country.
A Dalit needs Jupiter's escape velocity to achieve success.
India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place.
We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.
Politics is everywhere. It's in your shirt, it's in your pants. It's everywhere.
There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.
We have to provide the roads on which our dreams are paved. And these roads can't have potholes, they can't break down in six months. They have to be big roads because they are going to carry strong people, they are going to carry strong forces.
We will work on inclusive governance for inclusive growth
China is referred to as the 'dragon' and India as an 'elephant'. But we are not an elephant, we are a 'beehive'.
India is the Saudi Arabia of 21st century.
All the public systems – administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity.
I went to University in 1991, and I remember, nobody thought of India. I remember conversations where people would laugh and say, "Do you have elephants on the road?" Nobody is saying that today.
(When asked about the free distribution of Akash tablet his party had promised) "Frankly, I am not the person who came up with the Aakash tablet. You need to ask the gentleman who came up with it.
Millions of Indians are brimming with energy.
It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
What is happening to human resources in Punjab. Seven out of 10 youth have the problem of drugs.
India is going to be the 21st century's Saudi Arabia in terms of human resources
We will stop 99 per cent of the attacks. But one per cent of attacks might get through and that is what I am saying.
India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.