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title: "1 Child Hand Quotes By Rohini Nilekani"
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> [My mission is to put a book in every child's hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/my-mission-is-to-put-a-book-in-every-child-s-hand/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/rohini-nilekani-5437_book_my-mission-is-to-put-a-book-in-every-chi_46510.jpg)

## More by Rohini Nilekani

> [I was always clear that I didn't want to just do pure charity. My thinking was definitely about looking at the levers in society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/i-was-always-clear-that-i-didn-t-want-to-just-do-pure-charity-my/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [My mission is to put a book in every child's hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/my-mission-is-to-put-a-book-in-every-child-s-hand/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [No single institution or effort can effectively create solutions for societal problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/no-single-institution-or-effort-can-effectively-create-solutions-for/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [Addressing governance issues are important because whichever silo you work in, be it education, microfinance, sanitation, food or health, you would eventually hit governance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/addressing-governance-issues-are-important-because-whichever-silo-you/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [As with oil, water exploitation raises an inter-generational debt that will be hard to repay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/as-with-oil-water-exploitation-raises-an-inter-generational-debt-that/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes - for example, the idea of guarding the modesty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/often-our-laws-and-policies-reflect-patriarchal-biases-that-can-trap/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go and where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/what-role-can-such-philanthropy-play-in-a-society-like-ours-for-one/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [It was only in 2001 that I set up a foundation, Arghyam. That was pretty much to learn the ropes of how to give,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/it-was-only-in-2001-that-i-set-up-a-foundation-arghyam-that-was/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [Indian philanthropy doesn't take enough risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/indian-philanthropy-doesn-t-take-enough-risk/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/history-has-shown-us-many-times-that-if-the-state-repressively-forces/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [Everything does not have to be a commodity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/everything-does-not-have-to-be-a-commodity/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [As citizens, we have to co-create good governance, we cannot outsource it and hope to be passively happy consumers. Like everything worth its while,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/as-citizens-we-have-to-co-create-good-governance-we-cannot-outsource/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of 'the other.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/it-is-one-thing-to-obey-a-government-order-it-is-quite-another-to/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [In India, while there are some initiatives working with and for adolescent girls, there are too few state sponsored programmes for adolescent boys, be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/in-india-while-there-are-some-initiatives-working-with-and-for/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

> [The Giving Pledge is not meant to be prescriptive or restrictive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/the-giving-pledge-is-not-meant-to-be-prescriptive-or-restrictive/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

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