Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the p….

If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947..

Let Jammu and Kashmir lead the way in the building of a new future for India. Let it set an example to the rest of India and the world by showing how….

Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact….

In the 1980s, we were advised, why don't you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let's see how we can f….

Teaching was my transition from student life to working life. In those days, our system of education was a little different. The number of students i….

I personally believe that the office of the President of India is not to be sought. It is to be offered..

We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do….

India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious pract….

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring….

No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side..

I am comfortable at the height where destiny has put me..

As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind..

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dict….

The young people of India will build a strong and powerful nation, a nation that is politically mature and economically strong, a nation whose people….

Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity..

India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but a….

Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes the policy decisi….

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru..

The invention of the concept of sustainable human development and that of so-called human security, as opposed to territorial security of nation- sta….

I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have a place….