“India will be another Africa, if left to itself.”

— Anbumani Ramadoss

At the launch of an AIDS control campaign, as quoted in " 'AIDS threat can make India another Africa' http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/18aids.htm", Rediff (18 October 2005)

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