Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.

I am confident of doing well because I am enjoying my sport again.

In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.

In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.