. . . a tale of too many cooks in the defence.
First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so that the State delivers on the things it sets out to do.
Mind is never a problem. Mindset is
Religion and faith are very personal matters. So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the Constitution of India.
The path of violence has not yielded anything. Shed guns and adopt the path of peace, unity, goodwill and brotherhood.
The more we give importance to skill development, the more competent will be our youth.
By getting an opportunity to serve society, we get a chance to repay our debt.
When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson. Only Wilson appears to be seriously fading, probably because his support for the World War I-era Sedition Act now seems outrageous; in this analogy, Woodrow is like the Doors and the Sedition Act is Oliver Stone.
Do not think of todays failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.
The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.
I wasn't the same person I was eight months ago, and that was okay with me. Sometimes change was good. Sometimes it was even exactly what you needed.