A clear aim, knowledge, hard work and perseverance spells success: President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.
'The darkest days of Indian democracy were (during) the Emergency when basic democratic rights were suspended. For a time it seemed as though India would move along the East Asian model -- everybody works hard, nobody asks questions, certainly not of the government.' 'There are people who say we are headed that way, but I am not persuaded by the evidence,' says Mahesh Rangarajan who recently resigned as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi.
The full transcript of the exclusive interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Once these banks start showing losses, they will not be able to pay dividends to the government nor pay taxes, which will further aggravate the situation for the government as its return on investment as an investor would be very negligible for the next few years, says M V Subramanian.
The government has taken a number of steps to address the situation faced by farmers.
The full text of the speech delivered by VVS Laxman at the Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Kolkata.