For too many years, we, as a country, have suffered from a poverty of aspiration.
The more you drive positive change, the more enhanced your business model.
To my mind, the education of children - girl children, specifically - is what really creates an enlightened society. It creates a liberal society.
2012 was a good year for the Mahindra Group, as we moved ahead by venturing into new geographies and businesses.
I think a CEO lives or dies in whether he's been able to hold on to elements of culture that are needed in the company.
We often say that the M&M Group's destiny is inextricably linked with India's. Both were born around the same time: India in 1947, M&M in 1945. The group has experienced the same vicissitudes that the Indian economy has.
When people consume, they want more. Then they choose the best, and you suddenly get innovation coming in. Now combine that with desperation and people wanting to get a better life: you have a potent combination for innovation.
For India's economy to expand as rapidly and yet more sustainably than China's, we need to make our differences into virtues rather than vulnerabilities.
I have always said that, more than 'big bang' reforms, it is every day what is happening, changing on the ground.
President Donald Trump's policies are not global but inward-looking.
