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I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.

India is now changing and regaining its lustre, and it is coming of age.

I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.

I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.

India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West.

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.

I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.

Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.