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> [Societies have debated the severity of punishment for vile acts over millennia, with complex moral arguments on both sides of the question. But citizens and society should pay more attention to the trend of over-criminalisation of common human failings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/societies-have-debated-the-severity-of-punishment-for-vile-acts-over/)

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

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## 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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