“The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.” BelieveLongFactsGovernmentRunningMovingLawCertainDecisionPartyDemocracyTakenAdvantageIndiaCommittedChineseLong RunsRule Of Law Author:Manmohan Singh
“India is a democracy; it is in our DNA. As far as the different political parties are concerned, I firmly believe that they have the maturity and wisdom to make decisions that are in the best interests of the nation.” BelieveDifferentPoliticalNationsInterestDecisionPartyDemocracyConcernedIndiaMaturityDnaPolitical Parties Author:Narendra Modi
“While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is the right to information while openness is the right to participation.” MeanProcessDecisionAchieveInformationIndiaCorruptionDecision MakingOpennessParticipationGovernanceTransparencyInvolvingGood GovernanceStakeholderDecision Making ProcessCorrupt Society Author:Narendra Modi
“The political system of the People's Republic of China can make things easy. Decisions are made quickly and results come quickly, too. In our democracy [in India], on the other hand, such things are extremely difficult.” PeopleMadeHandsPoliticalEasyDifficultDecisionResultsDemocracyIndiaChinaRepublicPolitical Systems Author:Ratan Tata
“I recently assured Public Sector Banks they will have total autonomy in taking business decisions.” DecisionIndiaAutonomyAssuredGovernancePublic SectorBusiness Decisions Author:Narendra Modi
“Self-certification may look like a small vision but there cannot be a greater decision for a Government to trust the honesty of the 1.25 billion people of the country.” PeopleLooksMaySelfCountryGovernmentDecisionVisionGreaterHonestyIndiaBillionsGovernance Author:Narendra Modi
“These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers.” PeopleWorldChildrenMotherDecisionMillionsConcernConcernedIndiaVery GoodElsewhereDeliberateOrphan Author:Mother Teresa
“I think Pakistan was not a factor in terms of decision India to obtain nuclear weapon. Because there was no talk of Pakistan having any capability. The main factor was China. And the international prestige that China was getting as a consequence of having its own nuclear weapons.” ThinkingTermDecisionWeaponsConsequenceIndiaInternationalChinaNuclearFactorsCapabilityNuclear WeaponsPakistanPrestige Author:Subramanian Swamy
“We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we'd invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I've probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.” DecisionIndiaFoundationBillsEightGates Author:Melinda Gates
“Whether when I was a child and fought the British in the Monkey brigade, or when I was a girl and wanted to have children, or when I was a woman and devoted myself to my father, making my husband angry. Each time I stayed involved all the way in my decision, and took the consequences. Even if I was fighting for things that didn't concern India.” IfsWayChildrenWantedGirlFightingFatherDecisionInvolvedHusbandConsequenceConcernIndiaAngryBritishMy HusbandDevotedMonkeys Author:Indira Gandhi
“We have seen recently, almost every major head of state goes to India and says, we believe India should be in the Council. They go back home and do nothing about it. But this cannot be sustained for long. If they want to keep the UN as a global forum where they discuss incidents and take some meaningful decisions, they should [reform].” IfsWantShouldBelieveLongStatesHomeDecisionMajorsIndiaMeaningfulReformCouncilIncidentsBack HomeForumsHead Of State Author:Kofi Annan
“Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and those who suffer the decisions, the Indian government just goes ahead and does what it wants. The people also assume that this is their lot, their karma, what was written. It's quite an efficient way of doing things. Therefore, India has a very good reputation in the world as a democracy, as a government that cares, that has just got too much on its hands, whereas, in fact, it's actually creating the problems.” PeopleWorldWayWantDoeFactsProblemHandsGovernmentCareSufferingSocialDecisionDemocracyToo MuchWrittenCreatingIndiaAssumingVery GoodKarmaReputationIndianLinksEfficientCastesCaste SystemGood Reputation Author:Arundhati Roy
“Telecom is a dramatic success in India and our view is, respecting the political process, and respecting the fact that these are sovereign decisions, is that, approaching India as a friend.” FactsSuccessPoliticalProcessDecisionViewsIndiaDramaticSovereignCongratulationsTelecom Author:John W. Snow
“Many people are concerned with children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so on. Many people are also concerned about the violence in this great country of the United States. These concerns are very good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions being killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is the greatest destroyer of peace today- abortion which brings people to such blindness.” PeopleChildrenCountryStatesTodayMotherDiesDecisionUnitedMillionsUnited StatesViolenceConcernConcernedIndiaVery GoodHungerAbortionBlindnessDeliberatePro LifeDestroyersGreat Country Author:Mother Teresa