Addressing governance issues are important because whichever silo you work in, be it education, microfinance, sanitation, food or health, you would eventually… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
When a government is in fear of dissent from its own citizens, and when its reaction is to shut out that dissent,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of 'the… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
As citizens, we have to co-create good governance, we cannot outsource it and hope to be passively happy consumers. Like everything worth… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Poor governance affects us all - entrepreneurs, homemakers, farmers, labourers, whatever identities we might have. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Governments do have the duty to protect national interest. But we should not be afraid of foreign funding of Indian CSOs, unless… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
We cannot be mere consumers of good governance, we must be participants; we must be co-creators. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
I have never hesitated to say that all philanthropists do have their politics. All of us have a political point of view;… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
The Indian elite send their children to expensive private schools, bypassing the public school system. They have their own infrastructure for water,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
The better off Indian can engage more deeply with political process to demand effectiveness from the institutions of the state. We can… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
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… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
No single institution or effort can effectively create solutions for societal problems. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Addressing governance issues are important because whichever silo you work in, be it education, microfinance, sanitation, food or health, you would eventually hit governance… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
As with oil, water exploitation raises an inter-generational debt that will be hard to repay. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes - for example, the idea of guarding the modesty of… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go and where… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
It was only in 2001 that I set up a foundation, Arghyam. That was pretty much to learn the ropes of how to give,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
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,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
