India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place.

It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.

If I am incompetent, I am useless, the people of India will see that.

For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.

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.

What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant - constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually.