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This is an archive article published on July 31, 2007

Magnificent 7: Big ideas at Express Book launch

There is a regret that I have everyday, and that is we are not being able to move fast. The best way to take the process forward is to seize the opportunities

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P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister
“There is a regret that I have everyday, and that is we are not being able to move fast. The best way to take the process forward is to seize the opportunities”

N K Singh; Former member, Planning Commission
“The fundamental change required for 9-10% growth rate is, electricity, education, urban planning and poverty alleviation. This is the unfinished agenda”

K V Kamath; MD & CEO, ICICI Bank
“We have moved a lot and this happened because of the challenges that we had. If we could combine political entrepreneurship with economic entrepreneurship it will work magic”

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Mukesh Ambani; CMD, Reliance Inds
“When we do research, we find that the consumer wants instant gratification. They want instant responses along with the promises made. I would extend that to politics”

Prannoy Roy; Chairman, NDTV
“I thank lord that we have coalition politics and I put my faith on the electorate. In the first 40 years of independence, voters were not demanding but now they are”

Arun Shourie; Journalist, author, politician
“Most of the reforms are still on paper as there are very few people who have the power to seize the opportunity but there are many that have the power to stop”

Shekhar Gupta; Editor in chief, The Indian Express
“A good arrangement is, where no one person has the power to make a wrong decision. There is a new yearning among Indian voters that will drive change”

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