Shekhar Gupta > Quotes

“When it doesn’t go wrong, it doesn’t make news. That’s the whole story.”
― Shekhar Gupta, WALK THE TALK

“Whatever their other flaws, deep down most Indian politicians are patriotic.”
― Shekhar Gupta, Anticipating India

“And that is where it takes courage to be a political leader—the capacity to overrule and a capacity to have the last word in the government. That must always belong to the prime minister. Ministers must look up to him for a nod, and not how can we trip up the prime minister or stop him.”
― Shekhar Gupta, WALK THE TALK

“if you say something to Pranab Mukherjee, it remains with him. Then even if you punch him in the stomach, all that comes out is smoke.”
― Shekhar Gupta, WALK THE TALK

“I think we are a democracy, but we are also an indisciplined democracy. A crisis concentrates the mind probably as nothing else. But when I became finance minister, in the very first week I said India is in the midst of a deep crisis, we are going to convert this crisis into an opportunity.”
― Shekhar Gupta, WALK THE TALK

“No matter how pragmatic you are, you need some fundamental convictions. You need an element of idealism because the tough decisions in foreign policy are all something like 51:49. They’re very close and if you don’t have any conviction…”
― Shekhar Gupta, WALK THE TALK

“produce in a year? Only 70. Neurology does worse, with 63, cardiology a little better with 88 and oncology, the specialisation to treat cancers, only 15. And we hope to earn foreign exchange from medical tourism!”
― Shekhar Gupta, Anticipating India

“I TRACED FROM NEHRU TO WHAT I WAS DOING AND NO ONE COULD SAY IT WAS A SUDDEN SHIFT OR U-TURN. YOU CAN’T AFFORD U-TURNS IN THIS COUNTRY. IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE GROUND YOU ARE STANDING ON IS IN MOTION, THE TURNING BECOMES EASIER P.V. NARASIMHA RAO”
― Shekhar Gupta, WALK THE TALK