My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?

Some prominent aviation museums across India including the HAL Museum in Bangalore, the Indian Air Force Museum in Delhi and the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa which are storehouses of information.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.

India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.