Independence is a very subjective assessment.

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

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

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.

I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.