Sometimes We Hurt One Another Without Realizing

I Refuse To Indulge In Small Talk. And Compliments, If At All, I Save For After The Job Is Done.

Muslim Women Had To Go Out In Purdah, That Heavy Sheet That Covers Even The Eyes. Hindu Women Had To Go Out In The Doli, A Kind Of Closed Sedan Chair Like A Catafalque. My Mother Always Told Me About These Things With Bitterness And Rage.

A Revolution Is Already Taking Place In India. Things Are Changing Here Already - Peacefully And Democratically. There's No Danger Of Communism. There Would Be If We Had A Rightist Government Instead Of Mine.

To Be Liberated, Woman Must Feel Free To Be Herself, Not In Rivalry To Man But In The Context Of Her Own Capacity And Her Personality.

I Don't Care If I Remain Prime Minister. I'm Only Interested In Doing A Good Job As Long As I'm Capable And For As Long As I Don't Get Tired.