A selection of speeches by Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari delivered at university convocations, national and international conferences, seminars, professional gatherings, book launches, ceremonial events and formal inaugurations during his tenure, held between August 2007 and December 2012 lends form to some of the most intriguing and unsettling questions and issues gnawing at the very base of the world’s largest democracy. The speeches, covering a wide range of themes in the national agenda, are a revelation of the core elements designing the current and future states of affairs in India.