Matter of honour: Singh speaks for Asia at Bandung.

From: Economic Times (New Delhi, India) | Date: April 25, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: P Jayaram

Apr. 25--BANDUNG -- Given the honour to speak on behalf of Asia at the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the historic Bandung Conference, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that development process of a nation cannot be planted from "without".

"We must realise that if development is to be sustainable, it cannot be transplanted from without. It must be intrinsic and appropriate to our societies," he said. Representatives of 106 countri...