India is a creation of the British Raj and the railway system it built, and therefore it has its limitations. - Lee Kuan Yew

For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I believed in merger and unity of the two territories.

What people mean by consultation is an imitation of what they see in America; pressure groups and lobby groups..It's an unthinking adoption of Western practices of development without any pruning and modification to suit our circumstances.

Equal employment opportunities, yes, but we shouldn't get our women into jobs where they cannot, at the same time, be mothers...our most valuable asset is in the ability of our people, yet we are frittering away this asset through the unintended consequences of changes in our education policy and equal opportunities for women. This has affected their traditional role … as mothers, the creators and protectors of the next generation.