“An important instrument of economic policy-making in a market economy ...” — Sanjaya Baru Quote

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

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 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 maybe an important vote bank in U.P., they constitute only 10 per cent of Indian Muslims, while the Sunnis account for an overwhelming 90 per cent.

While history has its limitations in shaping contemporaneous and forward-looking strategic choices, it does shape popular perceptions.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.