Sanjaya Baru

“Bharat Nirman was a development programme aimed at stepping up public investment and public-private partnerships in the construction of rural roads, drinking water supply, rural telecommunic...”

“An important instrument of economic policy-making in a market economy is credible, consistent, and timely communication.”

“If Iran seeks to meddle in domestic Indian politics by creating disaffection among the Shias of Uttar Pradesh, what better way to counter that by reminding all concerned that while the Shias...”

“Hyderabad is a truly pan-Telugu metropolis that has come to accept the mix of Telangana's dakhni culture and the coastal region's Andhra culture.”

“When national policy becomes hostage to regional interests, the federal government becomes paralysed and would be unable to act in the larger national interest.”

“Real power in the modern world is determined by a nation's economic capabilities, not just the nuclear warheads it stores.”

“The Indian voter will not shy away from sacrificing in the national interest. If the voter is convinced that high oil prices are a national challenge and that the government is doing its bes...”

“I do believe it is true that the people of India regard the prime minister as the most important political leader.”

“While ideological blinkers blind one to change that one does not wish to see, statistics and opinion surveys, too, have their limitations in a complex polity like India.”

“If wars were won by superior technology alone, the United States would not have been vanquished in Vietnam or waylaid in Afghanistan.”