Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.

If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.