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I Believe All Societies, All Thriving Societies Of The Future Are Going To Be Multicultural Societies.

When I Became Finance Minister In 1991, I Discovered That The Wealth Tax Rates Income - There Was Taxation On Wealth. It Was So Atrocious And So High That Actually Nobody Could Accumulate Money In An Honest Way. I Removed That Tax, And The Result Was That Indian Companies For The First Time Acquired An Incentive To Grow Big, To Grow Rich.

No Nation, No Society, No Community Can Hold Its Head High And Claim To Be Part Of The Civilized World If It Condones The Practice Of Discriminating Against One Half Of Humanity Represented By Women.

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.

The Emergence Of India As A Major Global Power Is An Idea Whose Time Has Come. This Is A Legitimate Ambition For China. This Is A Legitimate Ambition For India. And The Challenge For The Humanity Is To Evolve A World System In Which The Legitimate Ambitions Of Both Our Countries Can Find Constructive Expression Without Threatening Anybody Else.