120 Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

The role of the media in economic management is not often recognised even by professional economists. Politicians, however, ignore this at their own peril.

The World Bank is a shareholder-driven organisation, and as in all such organisations, the majority of shareholders would want a manager of their liking at the top.

Crises are inherent to market economies, but managing them is the key to political success, and the media plays a vital role in getting the policy message across.

Civil servants and government functionaries do not write memoirs because they hope to get more government jobs or assignments.

Public universities are the lifeblood of modern democracies.

China has, without doubt, become an economic superpower.

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.

Indeed, China may never acquire the geo-political influence and reach that Great Britain enjoyed in the 19th century and the United States of America did in the 20th, even though it may have already surpassed the geo-economic clout the two major powers enjoyed in the heyday of their empires.

I have been visiting China since 1995.