'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.
When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.
I am firmly convinced that the trend toward more fuel-efficient vehicles is not a fad. Gas prices will continue to rise in the medium to long term, because demand is growing considerably in China, India and other countries.
Pakistan just cannot survive if it continues to do so (continue this confrontation with India).
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia - that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
The high-tech industry needs the immigration of highly qualified labor, from India, from China, from everywhere.
In India the human being is a symphonic theme. 'The people' is not a compact, close-knit concept, but a sprawling one, flowing not only into different walks of life, but into the intricately woven multi-layers of privilege, wealth, and education. 'The people' created by Gandhi is a young concept.
I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.
Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.
Philosophically, I feel that India will progress only if we work as teams.
India doesn't have one problem with China, we have a whole lot of problems pending with China.
Just because India is a large country, we cannot be arrogant and think that we can ignore others. We live in a different era.
Any criminal act against any individual or institution in India is to be condemned. The attackers must be strongly punished as per law.
There is no need to increase the taxes. India can run without troubling the citizens.
When I see the poor in India, it reminds me of the work that I have to do for them.
Electoral reforms are necessary if India has to be rid of black money.
Today the situation in India is such that we should make the poor strong so that they become partners in defeating poverty.
India seeks friendly relations but without compromising on its interests.
This festival... the festival of Makar Sankranti... is our way of showing love towards nature. While global warming poses a serious threat to the world and mankind, this message of love for our environment is extremely essential.
We always remember the courage of the people of Kargil! We want to make Kargil among India's most developed districts.
M-governance is empowered governance. It has the potential to make development a truly inclusive and comprehensive mass movement. It puts governance into everyone's reach. It puts governance in your hands 24/7.
Kids are the biggest brand ambassadors of Swachh Bharat initiative.
The young generation of today is globally connected. They want to live in an equitable and efficient India. We have to be ready for this, and work for this.
People to people contact is essential for Nations to come closer.
The youth of India has the strength to move the entire World with a click of a mouse, we have generated that ability!
