If there were one question you could ask God, what would it be?
My first caveat is I don’t think God exists. And even if He did, He would not ask me that question. But were He to make that mistake, I would ask why did You make such a bloody mess of it? It is such a badly organized world!!

If you were to be reincarnated, what would you choose?
I would choose to lead my own life but with a greater measure of political success. In many ways the success I have enjoyed has been inconceivable. But still, I would have liked a greater fulfilment of my political ambitions --- a ministry on Raisina hill (where the main ministries are), and then retire at the summit of that hill.

What is your idea of happiness?
Successfully meeting challenges --- the process of rising to meet a challenge and then overcoming it. Everything else is peace, tranquility, harmony, pleasure. I get them from my family, my friends and a wide circle of acquaintances. I like people and take them at face value. I love diversity and enjoy meeting people from various backgrounds.
So the only pro-American element in my whole being is that I agree with them when they say that happiness lies in the pursuit of happiness. The pursuit of happiness is the purpose of life. And happiness is about successfully overcoming challenges.