What We Need Is A Dialogue Amongst

India's Political System Also Would Need To Be Modernized.

India Has, Of Course, Aspirations Of Getting Out Of Its Poverty, Ignorance, And Disease Which Still Afflict Millions Of People. But I Do Believe That We Have Something To Offer To The Rest Of The World, Including The United States.

Globalization Offers Us Enormous Opportunities In The Race To Leapfrog In Development Processes. It Also Obliges Us To Set In Motion Processes Which Would Minimize Its Risks.

I Do Recognize That India Has To Be The Center, The Hub Of Activity As Far As The Knowledge Economy Is Concerned.

I Sincerely Hope That Whatever Influence The United States Has In Pakistan, It Will Convince Pakistan That Using Terrorism As An Instrument Of State Policy Has No Place In The World That We Want To Build.