V. P. Singh Quotes

I am not a serious person. I don't claim any profundity for any of my writing.

I am prolific. Any rubbish I write gets published, so books keep churning out.

I turned to the Partition experiences, which were churning in my mind. Then came my first novel Train to Pakistan.

I was unhappy with the jobs I did after law. I got into the diplomatic service. There again I had really little to do.

I have never, in 50 years, ever missed a deadline [as a journalist].

I did subscribe to the freedom movement and I was much closer to the Congress than to the Akali party. It is a communal party.

Urban development in India... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world.

I learned a lot from Jack Welch about how to run a business.

As reforms have come into India, as India has started opening up, prosperity is increasing, as is demand for urban housing.

Without land, how can you have development of roads, highways, townships, etc?

Land is an emotional subject with a farmer in India because it is his only means of income.

No happiness gives happiness until you share it with someone.

No man can become perfect until he knows his true nature. And the person who knows his or her true nature cannot be an imperfect.

Inspiration Unlimited is more than an e-Magazine. I would rather call it an alchemy of learning and inspiration. It really inspires many people in many ways.

Many possible things were impossible before they were possible

One hour with Mother is more than Without her, an age.

No talented person remains a talented without a perseverance.

Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.

We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.

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.

A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.

There may be a difference of the pace at which India moves, but there should be no doubt whatsoever about the direction in which India is going to move in years to come.

China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.

I believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.

The United States and India can work together.

India's saving rate will go up. India's investment rate will go up. And I believe that's a plus point.

I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned.

Working together in helping nascent democracies in the task of reconstruction, in the task of development is another area where our two countries [India and the USA] can work together.

I think there are enormous possibilities. And today there are no I think barriers to increased cooperation with India and the United States.

Pakistan should be a moderate Islamic state. That it should be a prosperous country is in India's interests, and it is in the world's interests.

If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.

India's infrastructure has to be modernized, has to be expanded at a rate which will I think be consistent with the growth requirements.

India's political system also would need to be modernized.

China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.

India's growth rate will be accelerated, but in the process, America would also benefit.

I have to do my duty, whatever task is allotted to me.

I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Democracy is good for everybody.

70 percent of India's imports of oil and oil products are imported from abroad. There is uncertainty about supply. There is uncertainty about prices. And that hurts India's development.

Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience.

All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted...but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary

I recognize the United States is a superpower. It has various interests. It has to balance various things.

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.

I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right.

I think the Chinese do have visions of being a great power. And I think it's legitimate. And I don't see that that's a danger to us.

China's influence is bound to rise.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

India is a functioning democracy despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.

Democracies don't go to war.

I believe whether it is the United States or Europe, they will all end up as multicultural societies.