--- title: "1 India Poor Quotes By Kiran Nagarkar" description: "1 India Poor quotes by Kiran Nagarkar. Plus more from Kiran Nagarkar and more India Poor sayings from other authors." 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 than anything the West or the Japanese have invented. It is called the poverty line. Above the poverty…](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) ## More by Kiran Nagarkar > [“I have the strange feeling that man created language but now it creates us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/i-have-the-strange-feeling-that-man-created-language-but-now-it/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“In India, as in other poor countries, we have a line that is invisible and abstract and yet more powerful and pervasive than anything…](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/) > [“my joyous companion of the mornings. Who knows what pain we cause our dearest ones?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/my-joyous-companion-of-the-mornings-who-knows-what-pain-we-cause-our/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“Perhaps moksha lies in not thinking about the afterlife.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/perhaps-moksha-lies-in-not-thinking-about-the-afterlife/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“The only miracles in life are wrought by time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/the-only-miracles-in-life-are-wrought-by-time/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“If not absolution, I yelled, give me oblivion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/if-not-absolution-i-yelled-give-me-oblivion/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“Nobody sang steamy overwrought songs to Rama, Vishnu or Shiva. What was the source of the irresistible attraction of the peacock-feathered god? How was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/nobody-sang-steamy-overwrought-songs-to-rama-vishnu-or-shiva-what-was/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“I am a very possessive woman. But I knew that if I were to keep you, I would have to let go of you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/i-am-a-very-possessive-woman-but-i-knew-that-if-i-were-to-keep-you-i/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [Gurus Enable you to see new things. The trouble with Gurus is that you can rarely see beyond them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/gurus-enable-you-to-see-new-things-the-trouble-with-gurus-is-that-you/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“It’s not enough to be honest and loyal, frankly it doesn’t matter if you are not, so long as you are perceived to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/it-s-not-enough-to-be-honest-and-loyal-frankly-it-doesn-t-matter-if/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“Even the Hindu neighbours had no way of figuring out what the priest recited, though it was in their mother tongue, Marathi. He didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/even-the-hindu-neighbours-had-no-way-of-figuring-out-what-the-priest/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“There is no truer meditation than music and no journey of discovery greater than that of looking within. A”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/there-is-no-truer-meditation-than-music-and-no-journey-of-discovery/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“Life teaches me a hundred things every day, and I forget ninety-nine of them, sometimes all hundred of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/life-teaches-me-a-hundred-things-every-day-and-i-forget-ninety-nine/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“I sometimes think that Buddhism is the toughest religion in the world. It not only eschews all talk of god but does not allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/i-sometimes-think-that-buddhism-is-the-toughest-religion-in-the-world/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) > [“But if detachment is really fear of failure and hence never putting oneself to the test, or if it’s fear of being hurt, humiliated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/but-if-detachment-is-really-fear-of-failure-and-hence-never-putting/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/india-poor/kiran-nagarkar/#itemlist", "name": "1 India Poor Quotes By Kiran Nagarkar", "numberOfItems": 1, "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. 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