"I would like to know from Mr. Rajiv Gandhi: Can you practice what you are preaching? And if you cannot practice it, please don't preach nonsense.

"You have the power, you have the idea – now go ahead! Somebody has to begin it. Don't wait for somebody else to begin. And the idea is yours – take the risk! You are young enough, intelligent, have guts. Take the risk and begin to act on what you are saying. Let India be the first nation to dissolve all distinctions and become part of one earth, one world.

"Perhaps Rajiv Gandhi has not looked into the implications, and I am wondering why nobody stood up at that international conference and asked him, 'If this is your idea then start it. Take the risk.'

"There is no evolution in the world without any risk.

"I am reminded of an old story which I have refined, and I go on refining.

"You must know – and Mr. Rajiv Gandhi must know the old story, but he may not be aware of the refinement, so I have to repeat it.

"The old story is…for millions of years international conferences of mice have been discussing the problem: How to be safe and secure against the cats? And they have always, without fail, come to the conclusion that there is only one solution. A bell should be put around the neck of the cat. A good idea, because the bell will make the mice aware that the cat is coming, and they can simply slip into their holes.

"But the problem is: Who is going to tie a bell around the neck of the cat? And there all international conferences ended.

"And here comes my refinement.

"The last international conference of the mice was again discussing the same problem – and there is only one, the cat. After long discussions they came to the same conclusion, but the problem was: Who is going to do it?

"A young mouse stood up and said, 'I am going to do it.'

"All the elders laughed. They said, 'You are too young, you don't understand the risk.'

"The young mouse said, 'I understand everything. Tomorrow you will see the cat with the bell.'

"They looked at him, absolutely unbelievingly, but he managed it."