Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974?

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have to tackle it ideologically.

India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we can compete with other nations in space exploration and one of them will fulfil her dreams.

Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.

I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

We do not believe that a nuclear war should be fought, and we do not believe that a nuclear war can be won.

Not lovelier. But a different kind of loveliness. There are so many kinds of loveliness.

Yes, silence is painful, but if you endure it, you will hear the cadence of the entire universe.

Despite your pains and your problems you can still be kind to others as they are not responsible for your misery.

There is nothing so actively alive as the dead.

Jack shall have Jill.Nought shall go ill.

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference ... it pardons shortcomings it consoles failure. It recommends moderation.

It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for many of the natural phenomena inspiring scripture and myths.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

The Premier club in the Premier League - that is Manchester United!