--- title: "8 India Poor Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 India Poor quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best India Poor sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/kiran-nagarkar-23816_india_in-india-as-in-other-poor-countries-we-h_119764.jpg" --- > [“In India, as in other poor countries, we have a line that is invisible and abstract and yet more powerful and pervasive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/in-india-as-in-other-poor-countries-we-have-a-line-that-is-invisible/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/kiran-nagarkar-23816_india_in-india-as-in-other-poor-countries-we-h_119764.jpg) > [Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana is a reflection of how rich India's poor are at heart. Without any obligation to put any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/prime-minister-jan-dhan-yojana-is-a-reflection-of-how-rich-india-s/) [Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/narendra-modi-250_accounts_prime-minister-jan-dhan-yojana-is-a-refl_418368.jpg) > [The extraordinary triumph of the cellphone among India's poor stemmed from its ability to enable a most mundane human need, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-joseph/the-extraordinary-triumph-of-the-cellphone-among-india-s-poor-stemmed/) [Manu Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manu-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/manu-joseph-12806_ability_the-extraordinary-triumph-of-the-cellpho_1570297.jpg) > [In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mitchell/in-india-there-are-more-poor-people-in-three-states-than-there-are-in/) [Andrew Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/andrew-mitchell-29018_africa_in-india-there-are-more-poor-people-in-t_1891694.jpg) > [You go to India and you see the poorest village somewhere in the middle of India. And the poor family is happier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/you-go-to-india-and-you-see-the-poorest-village-somewhere-in-the/) [Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/marina-abramovic-1502_billionaire_you-go-to-india-and-you-see-the-poorest_1920106.jpg) > [Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-mallya/everybody-keeps-saying-that-india-s-a-poor-country-yes-we-have/) [Vijay Mallya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijay-mallya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/vijay-mallya-22887_blame_everybody-keeps-saying-that-india-s-a-po_2051985.jpg) > [“MY INDIA: India is Not Poor..!! India is Being Looted..!! ~Babu.r..\*\*”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babu-r-2/my-india-india-is-not-poor-india-is-being-looted-babu-r/) [Babu.r](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babu-r-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/babu-r-2-69349_babur3799-gmail-com_my-india-india-is-not-poor-india-is-bein_3017937.jpg) > [“sardonic, seriocomic saga of the plight of India's poor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/sardonic-seriocomic-saga-of-the-plight-of-india-s-poor/) [Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/aravind-adiga-4424_the-white-tiger_sardonic-seriocomic-saga-of-the-plight-o_3141939.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/india-poor/#itemlist", "name": "India Poor Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In India, as in other poor countries, we have a line that is invisible and abstract and yet more powerful and pervasive than anything the West or the Japanese have invented. It is called the poverty line. Above the poverty line are three meals a day. Below it is a spectrum that stretches all the way from 2.99 to zero meals. As familiar as a clothes-line, most people in India spend their entire lives trying to reach out beyond it. It is their greatest aspiration. If you are fortunate, if the gods smile and you are lucky, you may get a glimpse of it. 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